We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. Today, we invite you to find true happiness by letting go, letting God. That did not happen, and the friendship ended. This is less obvious is when our expectations involve other people. So lets talk about solutions. Hi I am so glad I found your blog, I really found you by error, while I was searching on Aol for something else, Regardless I am here now and would just like to say thanks a lot for a tremendous post and a all round enjoyable blog (I also love the theme/design), I dont have time to go through it all at the minute but I have saved it and also added in your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read a great deal more, Please do keep up the superb work.|, Hurrah, thats what I was exploring for, what a information! Of course, other people are often wrong and harm us. And i am happy studying your article. And you dont have to react. There is nothing wrong with this in and of itself, as long as we have good reasons to believe that fulfilling an expectation will make us happy, and we take the necessary steps toward fulfilling those expectations. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Witness the huge popularity of The Law of Attraction, which says that our thoughts attract events into our lives. This is the perfect storm for special occasions, too. For example, expecting to be married by a certain age. By allowing them to make their own decisions and experience the consequences of their actions, you are releasing them with love. Phone: 403-243-7348. These steps are naturally uncomfortable. This is fine and good if the other person is happy to do so. A large part of self-discovery is finding our role in our resentments. Try to avoid him as much as possible but dont take it personally when he says something rude, and certainly dont have some expectation that this year hes going to be different. I am not in this world to live up to your exceptions, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. Why is it that we don't get upset when a cup of coffee does not make itself, but we might get upset if someone else does not make us a cup of coffee? I like to break it down into two sections: expectations placed on ourselves by ourselves and expectations we place onto others. For example, Dawn Sinnott writes: "Im sitting at the party. You are actually saying that you have confidence in them and respect their abilityto make decisions. Fairly certain he will have a good read.