expecations

[karleen]

I was asked last night, about my expectations for an upcoming trip. Well a trip I hope to make. The question just struck me funny. Oddly enough, I don't have any *real* expectations. The only thing I would like...maybe even hope for is a chance to be happy. Even if just for a short while *shrug* That is alot for me to even think about, let alone

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Expectations

[damon]

I agree with you in the fact that expectations can cause emotional distress. Although I do disagree with your statement suggesting that if someone works hard enough and wants something bad enough they *will* get it. I wish this was true, but I honestly don't believe it. Life isn't fair, and I (as well as many others) have experienced this firsthand.

I am sure everyone of us has made a choice that in retrospect might have made differently. Some people are blessed enough not to regret certain choices in their lives, they accept them and move on. However, there are a lot of us who dwell on these bad choices as failures in life. I personally do this. I am trying to stop doing it. I know it is not healthy, but I still do it.

I am sure you have heard the old saying 'fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me'. I think this saying can also apply to choices in our lives. Some people tend to make the same bad choices over and over again. They must think that eventually it will work out the way they thought it should? I have found it important to me to learn from my mistakes. By not making the same mistake again it allows me to finally get over the original mistake and forget about it.

I am sure I am just babbling at this point. I am probably just as messed up emotionally as the next person, so don't think for a second that I 'have my act together' or that what I think is 'correct' or anything along those lines.

I'm just another person trying to figure out the same game as the rest of you...

Best Wishes!