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| Thread ID: 92229 | 2008-08-02 10:53:00 | Expectations | beetle (243) | PC World Chat |
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| 694349 | 2008-08-02 10:53:00 | Ok i decided not to drag up a recent thread i had......... but got sent this via email and felt that it pinpoints some issues i had on thursday.:xmouth: Beware of placing too much expectation on others. Realize that people will let you down from time to time, but do not let that impact on your decisions or life. there was some people i had really hoped who would come to the celebration of my dads life on thursday... but sadly they diidnt come......im not sure if i expected to much or it never occured to them...... they just wernt there, do we in our life expect too much from others? because of our ability or personality that we would have done what they didnt? we would have moved heaven and earth like? or walked thro shark infested waters, 12 foot of snow etc? with no shoes???? and one leg? :p at the moment im taking one day at a time............ and still i find disapointment in what others arnt doing........... do we at some stage in our life just become numb to disapointment? or dont expect something? i guess this week has since set off more beetle random stupid thoughts........ mortality or imortality brings new ideas or thoughts into the beetle brain... beetle:illogical |
beetle (243) | ||
| 694350 | 2008-08-02 11:52:00 | Pretty natural to feel let down if people don't do what you expect them to do - but that quote is pretty wise advice. People are just people - we impose our own interpretation of what they're like, but it's only ever a subjective view.... Everyone is different and motivated or moved by different things, including things we don't (or can't) understand. If you keep your expectations of others low, you won't be disappointed (usually) - and sometimes you'll be pleasantly surprised! |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 694351 | 2008-08-02 11:55:00 | Hope for a little, expect little and most days go alright. Remember that pessimists are the only ones who always get pleasant surprises. Optimists don't do to well in that department, When setting lofty goals, ensure that chocolate is involved. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 694352 | 2008-08-02 19:57:00 | If we sit aroundand believe half of what goes on in our heads,then we have a problem. Just focus mind on chocolate and all will be well. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 694353 | 2008-08-02 22:00:00 | Anything that involves chocolate is more than OK in my book!!! | johcar (6283) | ||
| 694354 | 2008-08-03 02:08:00 | Hey Beetle Funerals are funny old things, nothing is ever as it seems . A mate of my Dad's wasn't at his funeral, and a few weeks later, I had a letter from him . He and his wife had been in Australia and had just found out about Dad, and he wrote some really beaut things about my Dad which he may not have been able to say if he had been at the funeral . We all have different ways of remembering, even if its just a quiet beer down at the Pub . Here's an Irish piece we put in Dad's acknowledgement card, it kind of shows the different ways people acknowledge the grief of others . Perhaps you sent a lovely card, Or sat quietly in a chair . Perhaps you sent a funeral spray, If so, we saw it there . Perhaps you spoke the kindest words, As any friend could say, Perhaps you were not there at all, Just thought of us that day . Whatever you did to console our hearts, We thank you, So very much what ever the part . PS . . . no-one gave us chocolates, though . . . hmmmm cheers, Marg :) |
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