Expectations

I nearly made the mistake of putting this in a Squibs post, but quickly realized this quote is far too insightful and profound to be lumped in with my nonsense. From my friend Bob:

I think our expectations (and even more so our attachment to them) are the source of most human problems. It's fine to want something and even to hope for it, but when you start to expect it, you're not paying attention to what's actually happening. You've checked out and put in a zombie as your surrogate. There are a lot of people sleepwalking in their relationships, their jobs, driving their cars, what they eat, and all the rest. This gift we've all had thrust upon us is too precious (for me) to waste it expecting things to be certain ways. I intend to poke and prod at life (myself) and see what it can and cannot do, all the while doing my best to see what actually happens, not just whether what I expected to happen did or didn't happen.