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Originally Posted by notz
My experience with expectation is that a narrow pattern of thinking is always the basis for all my disappointments. Some of my most profound learning experiences have come from situations that didn't turn out the way I thought they should. I tend to forget I get what I need rather than what I want.
Expectations are part of life, I have to widen my parameters of "expectations" to keep me in the moment. jme
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I think I follow, but I'm not talking about my expectation of life, of things that didn't turn out the way I expected them to. I'm talking about my failing to live up to other's expectations of me. My disappointment is with myself.