Having Expectations that Others Don't Meet (TMF:2060)

Friday, March 31, 2023
Peace to Live By: Having Expectations that Others Don't Meet (TMF:2060) - Daniel Litton
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       There is also the reality that we have given expectations of others, and more often than not, they do not meet those expectations. This again can lead to negative speaking, and reinforce an overall view of life that is negative. People have different standards for what they expect from themselves and from others. We may have set the bar at a certain height, but others, our family and friends, our acquaintances, haven’t set the bar at that height. What is perfectly acceptable to them is offensive to us. So once we are presented with our own self-righteousness, we have the choice of whether to surrender it, to give it up, or to keep it and be constantly disappointed with others behaviors. It is an amazing thing when we give up our expectations of others behaviors (that is, what you expect them to do or not do). Your feelings of being offended over this and that will fall dramatically. This allows for positivity then to flow. To look at it another way, what are some ways that we can speak negatively to, or about others?