Expectations

I was reading through the book "The Greatness Guide" by Robin Sharma. Nice book. Quite inspiring too. Yet onething he never mentioned was about managing expectations.

It's difficult to be happy till you set the right expectations for yourself and for others. What others expect from you is important to know or else you can't keep them happy. Each time you fail to meet them, it hurts them.

But I have a fundamental doubt. Should I expect anything from anybody. I am human like all others and do have expectations from others or atleast from whom I love the most. But sometimes the way they behave it hurts. All the expectations gets shattered. Is it a failure from their end to manage my expectations or is it my failure to expect the wrong thing from them?

I don't know what is the answer to that. Yet now I feel that you can be happy only by not expecting anything from anybody. There are no exceptions to these - your parents, your spouse or your friends.

I might be sounding negative yet this is so true. Feel it when you are let down by someone whom you love a lot. And you will come and tell me...Rahul what you said was so right.

Yet we all are human and we start expecting again....we stumble we fall and we get up....the cycle continues.

-- Rahul