Expectations

Expectations are dangerous little monsters. Expectations of oneself lead to disappointment, not to mention stress. Now I'm not saying that you should not have any expectations of yourself, I'm just saying it is important to make sure they are realistic ones. But at least when you're dealing with expectations of yourself, you are the only one involved. Goals are essential, expectations will lead to grief.

Now here's the ever-disappointing and sticky problem of having expectations of others. If you have certain expectations of what a person should say or do- You will be disappointed. You cannot control the actions of another person and to believe that a person will do all that you want them to do is unrealistic and unfair. There is no way that a person can be expected to anticipate the needs and wants of every given person in that person's life, so why would you ask someone to do that?

Expectations of another person will lead to disappointment. Sorry to disappoint. :-P