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Let’s be honest here, some days, life feels flat: the same street, the same coffee line, the same scroll of notifications. But what if we walked with expectation, ready for the weird, the wild, the quietly miraculous? A puddle can mirror the sky in a way that stops you mid-step. A honk might spark a laugh instead of frustration. A forgotten umbrella could lead you into a sunbeam you didn’t see coming. Expectation isn’t about forcing magic; it’s about tuning your eyes and heart to it.

Life whispers in the cracks, in pauses, in the edges where we usually rush past. When we pay attention, the ordinary rebels against the mundane, hintin

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