i don't know if bill shakespeare has it all right or all wrong, but i'd like to reflect for a sec.....
i think that if i had to sum up the last 5 years of life in a phrase, i may just go to this one above. not for its somewhat depressing/hopeless vibe it initially gives off. because i actually think that expectations can be a source of joy and happiness.
for example: going to see people you love and enjoying the time together to the fullest. or ordering a dress on sale from a website and when it arrives it's PERFECT. like that stuff.
but i do believe that there is something so very true about constantly wrapping your mind around everything/everyone As They Should Be and then feeling let down.
let down that a family member behaved badly or dismissed something that was important to you. bummed out that an event you wanted to be special was, well, kinda lame.
so i've decided that there is more (not less) merit to the above statement. i think that there is power in letting go of what things and people Should Be and letting things and situations and people in our lives be just as they are. less judgment on my part, more acceptance and openness to say "i like you for all that you ARE, not all that you are NOT" - cause truthfully the people i've experienced who don't just let me be who i am without wanting to change me aren't for me.
this is turning into a post that somehow sounds like i'm angry or mad at someone. but i assure you that i'm not.
lest i keep rambling, i'm gonna wrap it up. i want to let go of expectations for the better. to understand more about living in the moments for all that they are, not all that they lack. to believe that maybe nothing is lacking at all. that things and people are as they should be.
Trophy Life, out!
for example: going to see people you love and enjoying the time together to the fullest. or ordering a dress on sale from a website and when it arrives it's PERFECT. like that stuff.
but i do believe that there is something so very true about constantly wrapping your mind around everything/everyone As They Should Be and then feeling let down.
let down that a family member behaved badly or dismissed something that was important to you. bummed out that an event you wanted to be special was, well, kinda lame.
so i've decided that there is more (not less) merit to the above statement. i think that there is power in letting go of what things and people Should Be and letting things and situations and people in our lives be just as they are. less judgment on my part, more acceptance and openness to say "i like you for all that you ARE, not all that you are NOT" - cause truthfully the people i've experienced who don't just let me be who i am without wanting to change me aren't for me.
this is turning into a post that somehow sounds like i'm angry or mad at someone. but i assure you that i'm not.
lest i keep rambling, i'm gonna wrap it up. i want to let go of expectations for the better. to understand more about living in the moments for all that they are, not all that they lack. to believe that maybe nothing is lacking at all. that things and people are as they should be.
Trophy Life, out!
3 comments:
"living in the moments for all that they are nut all that they lack'
This is good stuff my friend. I think an entire book could be written around that statement. It's amazing how so much meaning can be wrapped up in one small word....
So, so true, friend. I struggle with this SO much. It really is freeing to let go of those expectations sometimes and just BE and let others just BE as well.
Love you. :)
So true and a great reminder.
I am and have always been HORRIBLE at just being and have expectations of so many aspects of my life. There is a constant struggle of the expectations I have and then constantly feeling let down if things don't go how I thought they should. Over the last year I have been trying really hard to to limit my "bad" expectations and just go with the flow. I feel like, while I still am not great at this, I have gotten a lot better, but " to believe that maybe nothing is lacking at all. that things and people are as they should be"...is SO true!
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