knowing prayers will be answered isn't an expectation! that's just how things work. for every one that asketh receiveth!

when you learn that, it might be tempting to ask for very specific things. but most often, your specific desires represent deeper unconscious desires, and those true desires are the prayers that will be answered.

when you get lost in your own specifics, you actually restrict the ways in which your prayers can be answered.

so yeah, dropping expectations doesn't mean losing faith. quite the opposite.

not assuming, either... try it and see.

i know you didnt ask, but there it is