

You were fed, your nappy was changed, and your perfect little smile would get everyone bending over backwards just so they could see you smile again.

You learned that when you cried, you were attended to. When you were just an infant, you knew what you wanted and how to get it. You did not come on this planet to fulfil others’ expectations, to sacrifice your identity, to merge with the crowds and to ignore your own needs. They forget what makes them happy, what they want from their lives and what they need for fulfillment, and they eventually completely lose touch with who they really are.

They ignore their inner voice as they are so busy fulfilling everyone else’s wishes. They live their lives fulfilling others’ expectations of them, from what their parents think is best for them, to what their teachers, friends, siblings, extended family, spouse, their community, their government and even the media think is best for them. Many people are living a life according to what others think is best for them. Alderĭo you sometimes feel like something is missing in your life? That you are living someone else’s life? That you are fulfilling everyone else’s needs except your own? It is not until you change your identity to match your life blueprint that you will understand why everything in the past never worked ― Shannon L. Chapter 1 Break Free of the Expectations of Others
