Expectation is a plain cruelness

Expectation often leads to dissapointment........

so get rid of 'em

H.C. Andersen said: "The pleasure of expectation is the greatest"

...so, he took his gf to the movies, but at the entrance he turned around and took her back home again - she had enjoyed the pleasure of expectation :-)

Always expect the unexpected !

Shouting about its worse.

Only if your expectations are too high.

beautiful lips you have

amnoone >>> ha ha!! same as yours!

expect everything

but always find a wayt to accept ... most of things happening

Many times unrealistic expectations, mostly due to lack of experience or knowledge, lead to huge disappointments.

If I go out to meet a new person, I try not to expect anything. Of course that is unnatural to the human mind but let's say in as much as it is humanly possible.

Expect nothing and every positive thing is a welcome, unanticipated surprise.

The best will come when you least expect it..so..enjoy the fullnest of the moment.

Best not to expect anything.. just hope lol..

I think it is natural that we all have expectations from time to time. When we have expectations, it's like 'projecting' our own picture or vision onto the future. We 'see' what we want/need/wish something or someone to be.

When we have reasonable expectations, the future often matches (or even exceeds) what we expect. Then we are happy.

But when our expectations are unreasonable, unrealiistic or impossible, then we hurt ourselves and perhaps even the one about whom we have expectations. For example, when we expect our loved one to be perfect, or be good at all the things we are, act a certain way, or to love us in the ways we want/need them to love us.

When we become fixated or obsessed on our unreasonable expectations, we become blind to realities and to serendipitous moments as they happen. When we expect too much, too often, yes it can very cruel. But more so to ourselves, because we dont get to see all the beautiful things, only the picture we keep 'projecting'. It is like we are blind to anything else. We can become like a spoilt little child, not getting what we want.

It's a question of balance. Reasonable expectations of ourselves, our loved one or world around us is ok. They help make one reach higher, and be better. Reasonable expectations can even be encouraging and empowering.

But the more out of balance expectations are, the more damaging they become.