Expectations!!!

Whenever I start wondering, it becomes a problem... I just cant think anything nice and rosy... this time I was wondering again as I have wondered so many times, why is that we have expectations. At the end of the day expectations do lead to dissapointments, right!! Not always ... yeah but most of the time...

It is ok to expect from oneself, when it is confines to the person himself, the outcome is mostly as expected (except in a few cases), so the topic of dissapointment does not rise and even if it does, we are to blame ourselves. Whereas in the case of friends, relatives and everyone else, when we start expecting, we just cannot control the outcome, and we need to be prepared for the fact that we can possibly be dissapointed.

Why do we still keep expecting, why isnt the saying once bitten twice shy not work in here, even after so many failures we still keep on expecting, why doesnt the mind realize the fact and stop expecting. Even as I say this and realize the fact that expecting things from others can be hurting, I still expect and will keep expecting, thats the way of life I guess, the more you expect, the more you learn about the other person, the more you realize that the other person is not perfect and one needs to accept them as they are... thats the beauty of friendship, we love our friends inspite of their faults and we love our friends with their faults...in the end we are expected to bring down the level of our expectations, so that they are comfortable to live upto it... but how many of us do it, we still keep it high!!!

I guess we will always keep it high...its a never ending tussle, a never ending cycle...even after all this I havent learnt, I dont think I will and I dont see anyone who will.....