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lisamac197906 44F  
296 posts
2/3/2021 4:39 pm
Expecting nothing


My mantra has been expect nothing so that you can be pleasantly surprised. It was a lesson hard learned in my earlier years. I was somewhat surprised when I somehow found myself in the position where I expected things from someone once again. I thought I had gone in with low expectations, trying my hardest not make demands, wait patiently for attention, but give 100% when asked. But expectations are like weeds in a garden, they grow and grow until they overtake everything.
So, with the help of a Gardner, I have pulled all my weeds. I had no expectations for how it would turn out, and as my mantra suggests, I was pleasantly surprised by him.
My mantra is back and maybe one day you will pleasantly surprise me once again.

drmgirl622 68F  
26111 posts
2/4/2021 7:29 am

I'm with you......expect nothing


Arkangel_Fire 57M
1089 posts
2/4/2021 9:18 am

MMMMM I understand you but I don't share it ...
Fear and adversity are there to face ...
If the glass is small it is filled with nothing and it is not like that, the glass has to be large, so if the content is greater than half it is already interesting ... If there are no great expectations there is no illusion, there are no dreams and less passion, and those are the things that move us day by day ... good luck with that ...


lisamac197906 replies on 2/4/2021 5:36 pm:
I respectfully disagree. I have no expectations, therefore I am living in the moment. I have a greater respect and appreciation for what is around me, and what may happen. If things happen then I experience the unexpected joy in them. If they do not, then it was never meant to be. I am not approaching this as a negative aspect in my life, just learning to appreciate the moment I am in.

Arkangel_Fire 57M
1089 posts
2/4/2021 6:32 pm

Excuse me, I simply understood that your lack of expectations was because you were not well or satisfied with your present, if you are well you are perfect ...
Good luck with that...


Peanni_au 60M
193 posts
2/4/2021 10:21 pm

We all have expectations. Set the bar to high one gets disappointed setting the bar is the trick.

Spring is coming a garden will grow.


lemonsong77 74M
258 posts
2/15/2021 6:06 am

Reality can almost never compete with expectations. Expectations can ruin even the best planned surprise. As the saying goes, Be here now!



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