GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Happy New Year! I live with expectations for myself, and push the word of anticipation of something to happen into making it happen. Truly, I am responsible for my own expectations and waiting around just does not make sense. The problem with expectations, and I have been guilty in years gone way past of this BIG NO NO…creating “unrealistic expectations”…you know…the kind that we create in our heads that say, and I will use “he” for this example, is going to surprise me with flowers, dinner, dancing and when “he” shows up offering nothing but his cute self ready to tune in to some sports event on TV, a 3-alarm fire goes off in our heads, feelings of anger and OMG…how could he let me down like that…and guess what…the night is ruined…WHY…Did he do anything…NO. What did I do … well, I created this unrealistic expectation in my own mind…HOW CRAZY IS THAT. Can you relate…been there and done that maybe? Or still doing that? I stopped thinking in “Cinderella...