Expectations...

Where do they come from and why do they frustrate our lives?

First of all, every one of us has expectations: we expect to be able to sleep tonight; we expect to be able to drive away in our car when we turn-over the ignition; we even expect to have our dreams fulfilled, and sometimes we expect that fulfillment to be speedy or speedy--sometimes we expect those dreams to be fulfilled instantaneously! Sometimes, however, in fact most of the time, those dreams are never fulfilled, sometimes fulfilled in a slower time-frame, or sometimes they are fulfilled speedily or instantaneously.

Why, though, do we get angry when they don't happen as soon or as quickly as we thought they would?

Like I was saying, when we get in that car and turn the key over and the motor doesn't turn over or start, we are frustrated or angry. Why is that? The same thing happens when we aren't able to have a good night's sleep or have a fun-filled weekend... Why is that?

I think that it is mostly because we don't have patience. We don't have a good-enough perspective on life. Unfortunately, there is not a easy-to-fix-button or an easy solution--life experience and wisdom are the only thing that will lead to a greater perspective.

Don't get frustrated though when things don't turn-out the way you thought they would. Things happen, usually, the way that they are supposed to and we need to learn from those lessons in life that hit us the wrong way.

A wise man once said that everything that happens to us in this life is or will be eventually be for our good, and I believe him. Why can't we all believe him?

Stop getting angry and bringing other people down when your own expectations aren't fulfilled!

JPS