#Expectations

[nihilistic-neuroticism]

… well, that sucks. Thought I’d try at least… alright. I guess I gotta find somewhere else to go now… I doubt anyone’d take me though, haha.

[They sigh heavily.]

Good luck, Fufu, with… whatever endeavors you plan on going after. We do still gotta catch up, though, y’know? If ya ever change your mind, just call out. I’ll be watchin’ ya, so it won’t take that long for me to get ya. As a thank ya for your time, I might as well do something, so…

[They slip a ticket to a museum show under the door.]

I know you’ve been before, but… I mean, I have nothin’ else, and I doubt I’m dressed well enough to be let in, so… good luck!

[They walk away from the door, looping around the street and out of sight.]

[There is a knocking sound on the front door.]

-@nihilistic-neuroticism

[Yuki would move towards the door, looking through the peep hole without saying anything.]

[thoughtsthatstayedwithme]

[ramyeongif]

[ Defying Expectations ] Defying the weight, the gravity of expectations that hold us down to step into a future we believe in.

#Lucy Dan (Tiny Poems from the Pandemic)

[philosophybits]

People lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.

Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

[pusheen]

[navybluekoala]

Everyone is so heartless, and unforgiving, that life almost doesn't seem worth living.

[hellyeahscarleteen]

One of the biggest messages I (and most other sex⁠ educators I know) wish everyone would receive and embrace is that when it comes to how you express yourself sexually with things like this, there is no “supposed to.” All there is, and should be, is what feels true and real for you, what you find feels good for you and what you find doesn’t.

It’s hard for people to really create and nurture a sexuality and sexual⁠ life that feels like their own – like an expression of who they are, rather than who someone else is, looks or seems like – and they enjoy if and when they’re trying to follow someone else’s script or somebody else’s idea of how to be or respond sexually. If we were making a list of the top⁠ ten things that tend to keep people from having sex lives they really enjoy, focusing on responding to sex in ways they feel they should, rather than going with how they are really, truly, feeling and responding would be right up at the top.

Human sexuality and sex are so diverse because people are so diverse. No one sex life, way of having sex or way of responding to sex fits all. The trick is to explore and experiment to find out⁠ who we are sexually, how we feel, what we want, what we like and what feels right for us, very individually. If anyone expects sex with one partner⁠ to be just like sex with another, or thinks that the way they watched one person responding to sex is how everyone else is going to respond, they’re going to need to adjust those expectations.

Heather Corinna, The Rules of Ooohs and Ahhhs (Hint: there aren't any)

[dumblr]

[pratchettquotes]

"All right, this is the Watch! Bucket chain!" he shouted.

"Aw, must we?" said someone in the crowd.

"Yes, you must," said Captain Carrot. "Come on, everyone, if we form two lines we'll have this done in no time at all! What d'you say, eh? It might even be fun!"

And they did it, Vimes noted. Carrot treated everyone as if they were jolly good chaps and somehow, in some inexplicable way, they couldn't resist the urge not to prove him wrong.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

[apoodl3z]

I expect flying cars by 2025

[gayofthefae]

Remember. Mike was single here. Mike was single and thought he was gonna stay single here.

Mike was single and thought he was gonna stay single and thought he was gonna be single when Will moved when he prompted him not to replace him. Remember.

[thoughtsthatstayedwithme]

[nobeerreviews]

When I'm walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner, there is something wonderful waiting for me.

-- Sophia Loren

(Como, Italy)

[emotionalwords]

To live with hope is to seek heavenly help.

Lailah Gifty Akita