How To Lower Your Expectations From Others
"I should get the promotion in this quarter" "My colleague should cooperate with me" "My wife does not take care of the family well" "He is my husband, he should support me" "My friend did not come to see me when I was ill" "He did not care for me when I needed the most" "A friend must call in a difficult time" All these statements sound so correct and convincing but having expectations from others, whether reasonable or unreasonable is disappointing. Things that you expect from others may not happen when you want or the way you want them to happen and sometimes may never happen. This is how life is, "unpredictable". Ask yourself, Is it ok to expect so much from someone? Am I being realistic and reasonable with my expectations? Do I want to live life with disappointments? If expectations causes disappointments then, is it not better to be free from all the expectations? How life will be dif