No Expectations

Do I always expect a certain outcome?  Question #6 is making me think.  
According to the article, going into situations with an expectation can keep one from being open to what may be.  I understand that idea, but I also think it is important to go into situtations with a postive attitude.  As for me, that has not always been the case.
I had a talent for getting myself so worked up by what could happen, what could go wrong, that I could not be open to enjoy the moment.  I would start playing senerios in my mind a few days before the event.  I would work myself into a bit of a frenzy and by the time the moment arrived, I would be sick with what ifs.  My guard would be up.  The moment was no longer enjoyable.  It sucked.
Time and more time has helped me get to the point where I let the situation surprise me.  Sure, sometimes people still suck and sometimes I still spend the evening telling myself "I told you so".  But more often than not, a good time is had by all. 
Distance from bad situations has let me see that most of life's situations have been grand.  I can count on one hand (twice) the moments that really, really sucked.  In some of those situations, my attitude was part of the problem. 
Today, I am much better about going with the flow.  I have learned to ignore a lot of the crap that ruins a day.  Sure, idiots and mean people still get me down, but I bounce back up a lot quicker. 
The article suggested that going into a situation without expectation leaves one open to all the possiblities.  I am open to that.  Had I kept my old habit of knowing the outcome before I even started, I would have missed out on riding a surfboard in the warm pacific.  I would not have stepped into a harness and allowed myself to be clipped to a cable that extended across the expanse of a New Zealand forest.  But thankfully a few old habits never die and I did not step into the second harness, the one that lifted Danny up 148 feet above a perfectly good ground.  I couldn't help but think that bungee jumping would not be fun and I kept that expectation. 
Maybe, just maybe I should change the title to Great Expectations and be open to that.