# expectation

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

John William Godward (English, 1861–1922) Expectation, 1900

[pratchettquotes]

Everything that was magical was just a way of describing the world in words it couldn't ignore.

Terry Pratchett, Pyramids

[thepersonalwords]

The only way you're going to reach places you've never gone is if you trust God's direction to do things you've never done.

Germany Kent

[dk-thrive]

You don't realize how free you are just walking around living life until you aren't anymore, until you're always expecting something.

— Annakeara Stinson, Nerve Damage: A Novel (Knopf, May 12, 2026)

[thatpollguy]

would you rather be underestimated or overestimated?

Thanks for the poll request, anonymous! Keep 'em coming, folks.

Would you rather...

Be underestimated

Be overestimated

Voting ended onApr 19

[20thcenturyartgallery]

Die Erwartung (The Expectation)

Artist: Marianne von Werefkin (Russian, 1860-1938)

Date: ca. 1920's

Medium: Tempera on card laid down on board

Collection: Property from a Private Collection, Switzerland

[icreatewhatibelieve]

By imagining you already have it, there is no room for doubt; it’s done, it’s already happened. Your body begins to feel the excitement, gratitude, and joy that it would feel when it comes to pass, even though it hasn’t actually, in the real world, come to pass yet! But by expressing your gratitude and behaving, as if you’ve already received the blessings, the law of attraction more often than not, if it is the right thing for you, brings it to you because your subconscious mind believes it already exists.

Sarah Billington