Expectations

Expectations. It's what drives most of us. It's what that pushes us to achieve our goals. It's what we base our goals on. It's what we go after, most of the time, thinking it is why the journey was started.

Hello all, The Earthian here.

So, where did we get this trait of expecting things? I mean, how did this happen?

To start off, expectations are not really good. Especially, if it is the only drive you have. The big problem here is, we start believing that we deserve rewards for doing an activity. Any activity.
Or even worse, we start believing that if we do an activity 'x', we'll get a reward 'y'.
I'm not saying that you don't deserve anything, provided you have put in all the effort and time into it, provided you truly have earned it.

Life doesn't always work the way you want it to work. Let's say, you buy a ship to travel from point A to point B. You figure out all the activities that you think you have to do. You start the journey.
Now there are 3 possible ways this journey of yours could go, broadly speaking.
One: You reach your destination without any problems, safely and securely, no troubles at all, all according to your expectations.
Two: You face a storm, a hurricane and your ship gets absolutely destroyed throwing you into a deserted island and completely melting your heart.
Three: Everything goes well. In fact, it goes so well, that you have winds blowing in the right direction, carrying your ship to the destination all by itself. You are delighted.

Now, the outcomes of each case is simple. In the first case, you get satisfied. You're just happy because everything went well. In case two, you're disheartened, sad and broken. In case three, you're completely delighted. You're the happiest man.
Now, the important point is, expectations can either make you or break you. There isn't any certainty for anything! So, I'm just asking you to ignore the rewards for any activity you do. Think about it, you get something out of an activity, you get thrilled, excited. If you don't, no biggie! Because guess what, you didn't do the activity with an expectation in mind! It's as simple as that.

Hope to see you around, peace.