managing expectations

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

When we examine our beliefs about Life, how many of our ideas are really our own, or something we have accepted willy-nilly because that’s what we were told? And of those that are our own, are they really the truth ABOUT reality, but not really OF reality?

What we are dealing with when we bring all of these narratives and beliefs together is nothing more than a set of expectations regarding our relationship to our experiences. Are we measuring up or are we falling short?

But here’s the thing about expectations: they naturally LIMIT our experience.