Our emotional distress often arises from our expectations of others —either expecting too much and not getting it, or expecting too little and getting it.
-- You Can't Make Me Angry, Dr. Paul O.
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Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits.
-- William Shakespeare
***************************** Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
livinglargein a good place, Kildare Ireland5,879 posts
HJFinAZ: Our emotional distress often arises from our expectations of others —either expecting too much and not getting it, or expecting too little and getting it.
-- You Can't Make Me Angry, Dr. Paul O.
********************************
Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits.
-- William Shakespeare
***************************** Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
HJFinAZ: Our emotional distress often arises from our expectations of others —either expecting too much and not getting it, or expecting too little and getting it.
-- You Can't Make Me Angry, Dr. Paul O.
********************************
Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits.
-- William Shakespeare
***************************** Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
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of others —either expecting too much and not getting it, or
expecting too little and getting it.
-- You Can't Make Me Angry, Dr. Paul O.
********************************
Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises;
and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits.
-- William Shakespeare
*****************************
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and
take without forgetting.
-- Elizabeth Bibesco