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Expectations / Disappointments

The higher you’ll set your expectations the biggest your disappointment will be. Some times I’m getting confused between a dream and an expectation. The true is that the line in between is really blurred. The dictionary said that an expectation “is eager anticipation, is what is considered the most likely to happen. An expectation, which is a belief that is centered on the future, may or may not be realistic. A less advantageous result gives the rise of our expectation, and then it turns in to a surprise” Wow… so all dreamers are condemned to the disappointment? Do we have to be so realistic that our dreams never hurt us? I believe that the difference between a dream and an expectation is Vision. The Bible said that where is no vision, people perish and a vision must be part of the dream.

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  1. Heather PalaciosJanuary 16, 2009 at 9:26 PM

    I'd much rather fall asleep in dreamland than expectationland.
    :)

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  2. Arturo de la MoraJanuary 16, 2009 at 10:08 PM

    Very True! :) Thanks for your comment :)

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  3. BZ WardJanuary 16, 2009 at 11:15 PM

    When you are a dreamer, you will keep dreaming no matter what! And even your disappointments, as you recover and learn from them, serve as stepping stones... Here's a quote I love:
    "Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to "jump at de sun." We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground." Zora Neale Hurston
    Great posts!

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  4. Arturo de la MoraJanuary 17, 2009 at 12:44 PM

    Wow Barb: That's so true... Thanks for your comment, and never stop dreaming. :)

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