I had no hope. Yet expectation lived on in me, the last thing she had left behind. What further consummations, mockeries, torments did I still anticipate? I had no idea as I abided in the unshaken belief that the time of cruel wonders was not yet over.
Stanisław LemTag: belief despair expectation cruel-wonders
Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.
Brian TracyTag: wisdom life positive attitude teaching expectation educational personality expectations
When you showed someone how you felt, it was fresh and honest. When you told someone how you felt, there might be nothing behind the words but habit or expectation.
Jodi PicoultTag: truth words love feelings expectation habit show
What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven.
Chuck PalahniukTag: life heaven hell earth expectation
Peace begins
When expectation ends.
Tag: peace expectation expectations
Evangelicals sometimes expect too much or, to put it more precisely, we look for a kind of change God hasn't promised. It's possible to expect too little, but under-expectation is usually a cynical reaction to dashed hopes for too much. We manage to interpret biblical teaching to support our longing for perfection. As a result, we measure our progress by standards we will never meet until heaven.
Larry CrabbTag: god change expectation perfection standards
We all have a suspicion and hope that we've just been part of something special, something that may eventually change our lives. That no one else knows this makes it seem like we are living with a secret that we would like to share, but can't, sort of like having a superpower that's not come online or being president elect. For the moment, our lives proceed as usual, but within a month, we think, everything will change. It's a frustrating, if exciting, disconnect.
Rob LoweTag: contentment faith heaven expectation
If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.
Idries ShahTag: perception gifts expectation present-moment
Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go of the need for approval. Let go of old judgments and opinions. Die to all that, and fly free. Soar in the freedom of desirelessness.
Let go. Let Be. See through everything and be free, complete, luminous, at home -- at ease.
Tag: fear buddhism freedom frustration anger expectation desire approval regret craving tibetan-buddhism fatigue buddhist-wisdom
Was my life going to go on like this forever, totally uneventful? Alternating between unfulfilled expectations and expected disappointments?
Eva HellerTag: life expectation dissapointnent
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