#expectations

[akindplace]

You are not "wasting your potential" because you took a break, or because you're exhausted, sick or because you are struggling to find purpose. Please, take some time off, take care of yourself, listen to the needs of your body and your mind. Do the things you want to do to make you happy and fulfilled, not what others think you should, not what's more successful in their minds. You aren't wasting your life, nor wasting your potential. You are still deciding how to live it, what is the purpose of it, and you will find motivation to fight for what you want when you figure yourself out, but please take your time and don't listen to the pressure of people around you to comfort to their expectations of success.

[cynicalclassicist]

Such is the nature of our expectations...

x / martha gellhorn

[mrkmciver]

The 5 Laws of Maturity: 1) React Less: Gain control over your emotions and reactions. When you master this, you stop letting others dictate how you feel. 2) Expect Nothing, Cherish Everything: Joy comes easier when you appreciate every moment for what it is, without expectations. 3) Give Your All and Trust the Journey: Commit fully to your endeavors and trust the path you're on, knowing that dedication opens doors to new possibilities. 4) Choose Your Friends Wisely: The company you keep can lift you up or pull you down. Surround yourself with people who inspire and motivate you to be better. 5) Worry Less, Live More: Focus on living in the present and savoring life's experiences, rather than getting lost in worries about what might never happen.

[thoughtsthatstayedwithme]

[pusheen]

[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)

[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.

[philosophybits]

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

Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

[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

[lazyyogi]

Other people can’t cause us to be impatient unless we let them do so. In other words, others don’t make us impatient. We make ourselves impatient, through our expectations and demands, fixated attachments and stuckness.

Lama Surya Das

[thoughtsthatstayedwithme]