Expectations and Reality
I had woken up as early as 5am yesterday, so I could read some articles before I make food to eat and prepare for class which I had expected to start at 9am. It wasn’t until some minutes before 8am did news reach me that our class would be by 12noon.
I was glad to hear that, and decided to do other things and rest more before it is time for class. Then at 9:33am, there was another news that we would be having a class by 10am instead. I was taken aback because I had not had anything to eat then, neither have I even had my bath.
I knew going to class by 10am reduces the chances of getting a break for lunch, so I decided that I must eat first, before going for the class, and didn’t care if I got there late, long as food was in my belly. The swinging of what was between the spaces of expectations and reality had been the reason I am writing about this right now.
Oftentimes, our expectations and reality have no point of intersection, I must admit it is usually very exciting when they do. The joy of expecting something big, and it comes even if it is with delay. Having expectations is based on our hopeful and optimistic nature. I remember writing exams and expecting to fail because I know I did quite poorly. But, when results come out, I end up not failing. Having negative expectations and getting positive reality is really a good feeling.
On the other hand, having a positive expectations and getting a negative results can be quite devastating and demoralising. Imagine an exam you’d done so well in, and coming out of the examination hall, you were confident of passing brilliantly, but when results were out, you saw that you had failed the exam. That can be quite depressing.
Personally, I have always maintained a mindset of being prepared for the worst and hoping for the best when it comes to my expectations, especially when it comes to result of my action. When it comes to humans, I tend to have little or no expectations at all. The reason is simply that I have been disappointed many times because I had expectations of people. Now, I’d rather be impressed by your actions that I didn’t expect than be disappointed.
CONCLUSION
I am not categorically saying that people are not reliable, truth is that we are fickle by nature, but there are those who are very reliable, especially when it comes to us. They could be your family or friend or even an acquaintance. I am just saying that sometimes expectations and reality do not meet, and we as people should learn to accept that and move on whenever this happens, instead of dwelling on it for too long and being depressed from it. I do hope that for us, our expectations and reality meet at points we want them to.
I had started writing this article since last night, and couldn’t finish it because I was quite tired and sleepy too. Even though I woke up several times in the middle of the night to continue, I dozed off every time. I just decided to sleep and complete it this morning.
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You are very right. Many times, our expectations might be different what reality would bring in. There was a course similar to religion I did and I was sure I would pass because of how I focused in doing it in the exam hall, but I was surprised when I saw lesser score. If I had connection in school, I would have gone to ask for my script to know what went wrong. It´s always sad when reality gives you something less to what you expected.