.jpg)
I have written about expectations before. I truly believe this is one of the biggest things in my life causes strife and misunderstanding. I don't just see this in my life but i see it in others. I see it in the friends that i know if their relationships not only with their loved ones but also with friends and family.
.jpg)
When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.
Its almost funny to me to think of all the suffering i have caused myself because the expectations i have set of other people they have never met. They haven't met these mainly because I have not told them the expectations i have for them. This seems to be a song that many people sing in their lives. They say things like i am a nice person why cant't anyone treat me like i would treat them. Or we say i would never hurt anyone how can they hurt me. So we are holding people to the same standards we live our lives by. Each person has standards and morals for their lives they live and we so often has human being try to control others into being like us without look at where the other person is or how they live their lives. If i told you to go out to a forest and yell at a tree until it became a bear you would think i was crazy but we do that everyday with our minds and our actions toward other people. We yell at people in traffic because they don't have the manners driving that we do. We get frustrated with our mates because we want them to react or do something for us and we never ask they are just suppose to know. We force our thoughts and feeling to others to others for them to make us better. We expect so much out of others in our lives to make us feel better and so many times we require nothing out of ourselves to find happiness. We ask others to fulfill our needs in relationships and in life but never look inside of how we can make ourselves happier. We give others the keys to our happiness and never tell them what would make us happy. When we don't state our expectations in life and in relationships those expectations will never be met. When have to have clear expectations on how we want things to go in life and state them clearly or we can never expect to achieve those things. If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/expectations.html#IZGjQo5V5EyF5zs8.99
I truly hope this finds you well and that you enjoyed it. Speak your expectations to others and to life. Write them down what you want out of life and look at that each day so that you are focused on those things. Never expect anyone to bring you happiness bring it with you. We all have down times i have had my share and many of the friends that read this have gone though these times with me. but when you are in those times you truly have a choice of what you expect to happen from it. some times you need time to let things bleed. But then you have to expect something better in life. Set those and move toward them. Even if just a little bit each and everyday.
