Saying that you should not have any expectations about people and events can seem not so easy to accept. When you start a project, you can't help wishing to see a positive outcome. When you meet a person you like, it's only natural to hope that your feeling is reciprocated. Wishing and hoping are natural sentiments, therefore they cannot - and should not - be avoided. In fact, what kind of life would it be without them? Dull, boring, totally devoid of enthusiasm. What should be avoided, though, is the belief that your happiness, fulfillment, wholeness depend upon the realization of such wishes and hopes. If you get it, wonderful. If you don't, you are still OK. Nothing has changed in you. Your life continues (with or without other projects and other people). You are you. Successful or unsuccessful events don't define you. Loving or indifferent people don't make you what you are. Isn't this good news?
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