50+ community Weekend Check-in August 20-22, 2021
Happy Friday everyone
“Don’t expect too much from other people, and they may surprise you”
Do you have high expectations towards others that impact your relationships?
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Hi Ami:
Here is one of my favorite quotes about expectations.
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope
@UberRuminator
Thanks for sharing this great quote with us!
@UberRuminator
Hi @UberRuminator.
I must say that I do not agree in what Alexander Pope is writing. I shall write a little bit from my own life (that is what we do here at 7Cup without feeling being egoistic).
I try to thank Jesus for what I still can do - walk in my flat, watch TV, clean my flat, read a little bit, watering my flowers, that I still have a clear mind (I'm 68 years old having a severe sickness called ME/CFS - lack of energy).
But from I was 50 I lost: Going outside, travel, do the shopping of groceries myself, being with friends.
I know life has different pages/chapters. But as the sentence you quoted sais: " Feeling blessed for loosing very much (expecting nothing)" - "for he skall never be disappointed". - I have done a lot of grieving, a lot of crying in loosing so very many things.
Greetings to you from Helga.
@amiablePeace77, not anymore
@purpleTree4652
Hi @purpleTree4652.
What do you mean "not any more"?
From Helga.
@Helgafy, Hi, Helga. It's nice to hear from you. I mean that I no longer have high expectations of others.
@purpleTree4652
Hi.
Today I bring you flowers from my terrace-garden; red roses and lavender in blue. I think they go good together. Hope you like it.
Jesus says: I'll never leave you nor forsake you.
From Helga.
@Helgafy, Helga, I can only imagine a beautiful image of what your terrace garden must look like. Thank you for the flowers! :)
@purpleTree4652
I guess you also saw my answer to you above about your suggestion.
Well - another card I have - part of the sky is purple, and my socks today have purple stripes ha.ha.
You have a good day my friend.
From Helga.
@Helgafy, I didnt see your response to my suggestion. Thank you for calling it to my attention. That sounds fine.
I hope you have a good night, Helga.
@purpleTree4652
Dear friend.
Maybe we'll go to a coffeshop today? We can have something to drink and waffels or something good they have to eat.
From Helga.
@Helgafy, That would be great if we could do it in reality. There is a little shop near me that is supposedly one of the best in the city where I live, and they have great goodies.
@purpleTree4652
Hi @purpleTree4652.
That sounds like a fine coffeeshop! Maybe we could take a walk also in the water in the fine photo that amiablePeace77 put on this site? By the way, I'm Norwegian - living in the city of Bergen at the West-Part of Norway.
@Helgafy, I remember you saying that you lived in that part of the world. It must be beautiful there.
I live in the USA in a state where I don't want to live. I'm reluctant to say which state here. I would tell you if our messages were private. But, since anyone can read this, I don't want to insult anyone. Some people are very proud of where they live.
I had to move here because the family I was living with moved here. I didn't have a job and was very poor, so I didin't have a choice. My only other option was to live in my small car.
Anyway, so I live in a state with lots of huge bugs, and terrible weather. And the food is very expensive here. I work two jobs now.
It is entirely possible that I have or do sometimes expect too much. On the other hand, sometimes people rise to that expectation, both as a compliment and as an incentive. Sometimes I haven’t been able to tell when it is problematic for me. Sometimes I have. The difference is in knowing when it that expectation hurts you or someone else, and when it is worthwhile.
@amiablePeace77
Nope
@amiablePeace77 Do you have high expectations towards others that impact your relationships?
By lowering my expectations and accepting what I get I am less stressed and frustrated. It really helps me to stay calm.
@soulsings
Glad you found that healthy way to deal with your environment.
Do you have high expectations towards others that impact your relationships?
I try not to have high expectations, but I can't help but hope that people will be more considerate, understanding and caring than they are. One of the main things that I tried to get across when I reached out to people for support was that I'd spent my life being isolated and lonely. I was hoping they would try to include me in their social lives, but it didn't work. No one wants me around.
@WharfRat sorry you feel you are not wanted in real life. It is not easy to break into the preestablished groups people have. (cliques)
What I find is that 7cups fills a part of the social needs. By not expecting a lot in real life, I am less frustrated.
Thanks for sharing your story. Nice to hear from you.
Do you have high expectations towards others that impact your relationships? I have learned that putting expectations on others can be very disappointing. So now if I don't expect then I am not let down nor does it affect our relationship.This has been new for me.
@scarletPear1945
You learned something very helpful! I find we can still hope though but like you said expectations can lead to disappointments.
Hello, hope everyone is doing well, Today I got to do some fun stuff. My daughter and I just took a car ride and went to dinner. I took my dog Max to get his nails cut and since he was so good, I took him to the Dairy Queen and got him a hamburger and a doggy scoop of ice cream. I bet you can tell he is spoiled rotten.
I also did some self-care.
@bubblegumPuppy68
Sounds like everyone had a good time!
@amiablePeace77
What a wonderful picture!
@Helgafy
Thank you and nice to see you here 
