Expecting "end results" - such as wealth and abundance, health and harmony, friends and laughter - in broad brush strokes, is part of the secret formula, Laurel, for manifesting the life of your dreams.
Expecting your path to follow a certain route - such as writing a bestseller to accumulate wealth, having a particular someone fall in love with you, or insisting upon this idea, that diet, or the other invention to be your deliverance - is just plain messing with the cursed hows and severely limits my options... (I hate when that happens.)
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The Universe
Release any expectations you may have of how you think your dreams will come true, Laurel, but by all means, with every fiber of your being, expect that they will, as you busy yourself enjoying who and where you already are.