Expectations have a way of ruining things. You see something nice, start daydreaming about it and suddenly, “Bam!” You realise that you are already expecting it to actually happen the way you dreamt about it.

This is a rather dangerous way of living life. Not only are you hurting yourself, but if your dream involves other people, you can simply ruin your connection with them as well.

And even I can slip up here. Not that I think I am perfect, no. I simply started living without expectations 3-4 years ago. That way I can always ensure that if something nice happens, I will be pleasantly surprised. And if something bad happens, then I won’t be as disappointed or deeply hurt. And it works for the most part.

The most recent life lesson? The fact that I don’t have expectations does not mean that other people don’t have them too. And the fact that I don’t have expectations does not mean that I don’t have feelings either.