It is a rare experience for me to be disappointed. This is not because everything goes my way or I get everything I want. It is because I have few or no expectations about anything. When you live with few or no expectations every good thing seems like a gift and every bad thing is not a shock. I try to see life as neither good or bad. Whatever happens, happens, and whatever is, is. This may seem like a negative way to approach life. Living without expectations does not mean you live without hope or dreams. It means that you learn to accept life as it is, that you are grateful for life’s blessings, and that you accept life’s trials and challenges as part of the experience. I tend to be optimistic and positive. More often than not life does go my way and I do get what I want. My life, however, has been relatively free of disappointment because I do not expect life to go my way and I do not expect to get what I want. Living without expectations increases the potential for being "surprised by joy." I believe that the more you expect, the more you will be disappointed.
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