EXPECTATIONS
hive-166408·@sperosamuel15·
0.000 HBD EXPECTATIONS
Hi hivers, ***Hope we all are doing well today?*** Did you just see that? I was expecting you all to be in sound health and general well being. Expectations are proofs of our humanly existence. We live each day of our lives expecting one thing or the other.  [pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/pregnant-woman-in-white-long-sleeve-dress-5853667/)  **What is Expectation**? > This can be defined as a strong belief that something will happen or be the case. It is also a belief that someone will or should achieve something. From the definitions above, we can all see that expectations deal with the future; it is something in the future realm. ### **THE GOOD ASPECT OF EXPECTATIONS** As expectations involves the things of the future, it actually means that we programmed our goals ahead of us then work towards actualising the goal; just the expectation of something good already gives us joy even when we do not know if we will end up achieving that dream or goal. The fact that we already have a goal placed and we are expecting a nice return makes us strive hard to see that we actualise our goal and of course, an unending joy comes when you end up actualising our goals. While we are undergoing a difficult moment, expectation gives us above anything else, ***HOPE (SPERO)*** that tomorrow will be better, we keep pushing because of the glimpse of hope expectation has given us that tomorrow will be good.  [pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-man-running-on-concrete-stairs-5319872/) ## **THEN WHAT IF OUR EXPECTATIONS FAILS US**  [pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/sad-mature-black-man-sitting-in-shabby-ruined-building-5443743/) Well, just as our shadow abandons us in the dark, our expectations will not always come to pass; some of our expectations end up becoming a headache to us. We feel dejected, abandoned and like a failure whenever what we are expecting did not come through for us. We feel like we have lost everything we are made of; some goes to the extent of committing suicide to show you how bad it is🤦 I remember a story about a student who wrote his final year exams expecting to ace when the results were published, he was so confident about it that he even told his friends that he cannot fail in the exam, that he is already a graduate. Fast forward to when the results came out, he passed only one course out of the three courses they wrote. He could not believe his eyes and couldn't stand the shame of going back to a class after all he has said, he eended up committing suicide. *This tells us how bad we can feel when things do not go as we plan* #### **MY ADVICE ABOUT EXPECTATIONS** Life is not all rossy and life does not give us all we deserve, it is just as simple as that. ``` Lev Grossmane will always say, "That was the thing about the world: it wasn’t that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn’t expect.” ``` - **EXPECT LESS** Many suffer from failed expectations not because they did not see a good outcome but because they saw less than what they were aiming at. In as much as it is a wonderful idea to have goals and targets to achieve, it is also good to set achievable targets. Setting targets that we cannot achieve will only end up hurting us rather than improving us. - **WAIT FOR IT** Most times, it is not because we cannot give a failed expectation another try and achieve it that we suffer, but, it is because of how we have already boasted about achieving it already. Just like the story I told, for someone to be in his finals already says a lot that he is good at what he does; it might have been just a little setback on his end or might even be a mistake with the collation of results which would have been corrected easily or at worst case scenario, he will seat for the exam the next year and succeed and then continue with his life but then, because of all he has said, he lost the chance to give it a try. Sometimes, it is good to always wait to see the results of Expectation before we start publicising it because they always say that,*"the end justifies the means".* - **WORK MORE** ``` Well, it is not all about expecting something hooge like investor Sabinus says, it is a matter of, are you also working hooge? ``` When we set goals to achieve, it is unavoidable that obstacles and challenges will come our way in achieving those goals but then when we are working very well towards achieving those goals, you will still achieve them after sorting out the challenges but when we get lost with the challenges we face, we end up not achieving our goals and hence, looking like we have failed. - **PRAYING** Here, I am not specific about any denomination; I am just specific about praying to any deity you trust and believe in. ***The world is the world of spirits anyway*** But well for me and other Christians, let us also learn to put God first in whatever we do. It is always good as HE comes through for us when our strength elapses.  [pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/crop-black-man-showing-pray-gesture-5997362/) Hivers, I will leave you to your thoughts but to always be happy in the words of Jodi Picoult, ``` There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations” ``` Enjoy your day and have a happy weekend.
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