http://blogs.fullhyderabad.com/showblog.php?blogId=376 Your very first valentine .. after long awaited wait! EXPECTATION - A DANGEROUS WORD!        I've come across this word several times, i'm expecting good results this time , "we have a lot of expectations from you" ..mom says,"this was not expected from you" , my teacher said to me ....i've come across this word so many times and each time i find it has differnt meaning! According to me we have two kinds of expectations .. one tat we have from ourselves and those which others have from us! Now what others expect from us can be endless , if i start on that one i might just end up getting confused as to what i am supposed to do and what not to ... coz the expectation from me might not be the same what i want from my own life .. and that i will realize only when i understand myself....i wonder when i will be able to understand myself completely , every time i try to come to one convincing result about myself i am faced with a hundred contradictions! Now the point comes as to what i really expect from myself ...do i expect my self to reach heights , no ..i'm not that ambitious .Do i want to be the best .. no , i dont believe in best or perfect ..i just want to feel satisfied . I expect myself to be independant , self dependant may it be emotionally or in practical matters.   However , is the process of expecting from oneself and meeting those expectations entirely self dependant.I dont think so ...Your subconsious mind may be root cause of certain expectations you have from the environment you are in .. which you might never realize! The simple human being loves to be taken care of ... loves too be nurtured all his life .. but a child does grow ino a man ,if not ,society marks him as retarded! Expectations from youself and meeting those expectations ...makes you stronger each day! On the other hand , expectations from your environment makes you more and more dependant on them .Every time you depend on someone to solve your problem you are taking away an opportunity from your mind to be creative , the chance to have made your self tougher , you have diminshed your ability to reason , to rationalize, you have lost an ounce of courage from you soul! Expectations from yourself help you realize your weaknesses and you strengths...how on earth will you understand yourself if you dont spend time with youself ,expecting from yourself enables to acheive the a direct connection between what you want , how you will get it , how much can you risk in order to get it! " It all in the mind" as someone rightly put it! Great achievements are the results of great expectations one has from himself! I am not perfect and neither do i intend to be ..for me realising my own personality, to come up with a best possible solution which is my very own , is the happiest way to live life! It also simplifies life to a great extent...once complicated issues suddenly seem tiny! All i need to do is to rack my brain cells! You become responsible for evrything that happens in your life .. and that has great advantages ...your life is now in your control ! You have the power to change your mood...cause you have something which is waiting to be accomplished ...its another expectation !         http://blogs.fullhyderabad.com/showblog.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=2273&blogId=376 Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:08:39 +0000