The more you build up your expectations, the more likely you are to be disappointed. Not only because your expectations may spiral out of the realistic, but because time spent daydreaming isn’t time spent experiencing the world!
One of the worst kinds of expectations is expecting anyone to be anything other than what they are. I’m not saying people can’t change – they certainly can, and often do. But they won’t change to fit your desires about them, and expecting them to is the path to madness.
But people are wonderful! Exactly as they are, they can enrich your life in so many ways. So stop trying to squeeze them into a mold. Instead, let the wind take people into your life as it will, and rejoice.
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