Over the last few years, I’ve been having this fight with myself.
I’ve tried to learn this lesson a few times: don’t build expectations, accept the world as it is.
But it’s hard. Because, as human beings, we have this tendency to come up with scenarios that play out exactly how we want. The thing is most of the time, they actually relate to how others behave, not ourselves.
Claiming to want freedom and focusing on anything other than losing expectations and learning how to accept whatever comes your way is a fallacy. True freedom lies in the eternal state of acceptance.
Now, where’s the question I’ve been pondering (still with no answer):
Is it there, in that state, that true happiness lies?
I don’t know.
There’s Joy in expectations being met or even surpassed.