What Disappointment Can Teach Us

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What Disappointment Can Teach Us

Expectancy is pinning all hopes on one thing or situation when any number of variables might arise to change that situation.

“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.”

~ Joseph Addison

Disappointment, in my view, is the expectation of a “desired” outcome and the occurrence of another “undesired” outcome. The question here is—what was desired? Why was it desired? Was the desire coming from a heart center or was it ego based? Is the “undesired” outcome really that bad? Read on

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