Living up to Expectations
21/3/22The word expectation means to look forward to something or to anticipate something that is going to happen. We always look forward to some or the other things in life, be it about work, family, friends, romance, and so on.
Understanding expectations
We can not escape from having expectations and everyone has their own expectations from every one. We all have our own expectations from our parents, children, partner, friends, boss etc.
Our life is defined by what we do on a daily basis. We take these actions with the expectation of bettering our lives.
The expectations we live up to affect our present and future. The expectations we don't follow through on have an impact on our lives that's just as profound.
We have expectations of ourselves.
The choices we make and the actions we take contribute to the path our life takes, shaping the person we become.
We have expectations of others.
We often make snap judgments based on what we've learned from previous experiences. These judgments are based on how others reacted to events in the past, which in turn can create specific expectations of how they'll act in the future.
We have expectations of institutions.
Institutions are more than just rules, they're systems that provide structure and support for our lives. These systems may be formal or informal, but they always hold an expected set of values and responsibilities.
We have expectations of society.
"Society" is a term used to describe a group of people with similar interests, beliefs and values.
We are expected to live up to certain expectations. We should be talented in certain areas, meet certain standards, and be good looking.
All these things, we're expected to live up to. And when we do, we can feel as though we've been "successful".
Around the world, especially in the United States and across Europe, beauty is advertised and sold as one of the most important things we should strive towards. The pressure put on young men and women to look a certain way is intense.
We often hear people say that you don't have to "look like a model" to be beautiful. But when it comes down to it, that is what we're told we need to look like. That's what's being sold to us daily.
Optimism is one of the facets of being human. Each day is a new opportunity for us to go out of our way (or slightly outside) to make someone’s life better.
How we treat others and how we act towards them, often defines our character and impacts the way others treat us.
Everywhere we look theres someones idea of whats acceptable.
How we should be or how we should behave?
It's expected of us as human beings to live up to expectations.
The most obvious example is educational institutes, but it can be seen in the wider society around us. If we don't live up to expectation, we feel like an outcast and this leads to unhappiness.
This is all down to our perception, if we look around there are plenty of people who don't live up to their own expectations, which shows that we are more likely to judge others than ourselves.
In life, we are to live up to expectations and when we are able to do that, we feel great. Joy and satisfaction is the reward of living up to our expectations.
Some of us were taught that we shouldn’t expect anything special, so we feel like we’re not doing something wrong when we fail to live up to our expectations.
Other than that, I guess it’s simple: life is about being happy and if you don’t live up to your expectations, you’re bound to be unhappy. And since all of us want to be happy, it’s probably best if all of us live up to our expectations.
BOLD PREDICTION: Life will continue to surprise us all with new innovations that will push the limits of human imagination and the opportunities for growth in this century.
If you have a new invention, don’t be afraid to share it with the world! We all have a lot of expectations for what this century will bring us so you can never know how an invention might help change how we see the world.
