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"In life your expectations and disappointments are directly linked. So too is your heartfulness and your contentedness."
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"Mrs Lynde says, "Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed." But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed."
"The society and surroundings pressures us to do what they want us to do and be what they want us to be."
"Paco Fuentes,' Mrs. Peterson says, pointing to the table behind Mary.The handsome young man with pale blue eyes like his mother's and smoky black hair like his father's takes his assigned seat.Mrs. Peterson regards her new student over the glasses perched on her nose. 'Mr. Fuentes, don't think this class will be a piece of cake because your parents got lucky and developed a medication to halt the progression of Alzheimer's. Your father never did finish my class and he flunked one of my tests, although I have a feeling your mother was the one who should have failed. But that just means I'll expect extra from you."
"To halve the number of times that other people hurt you: halve the number of expectations that you have from other people."
"There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation."
"Unrealistic expectations often lead to disappointment, while simple unbiased attention and detachment to outcome often lead to pleasant surprises."
"It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly what has happened. In generations past there was far less talk about 'compatibility' and finding the ideal soul mate. Today we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are and fulfills our desires, and this creates an unrealistic set of expectations that frustrates both the searchers and the searched for."
"In life your expectations and disappointments are directly linked. So too is your heartfulness and your contentedness."
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"Perhaps above everything compassion is the most important thing to embrace and emanate in life. It will enhance your life - and it's the one thing that will elevate and heal mankind."
"When setbacks arise - and they will from time to time - regroup, recharge, refocus and refine."
"Thought for the day: we have far too many of them. And we prize them too highly; more so than we do the power of silence, mindfulness and pure kindness."
"Success is secondary to impact. Success is a list of what you win, gain and attain - it may pass it may remain. Impact is the test; the hearts, minds and lives you touch, enhance and forever change..."
"You'll find that more doors open if you approach them with an open heart rather than a closed mind."
"Champions realise that defeat - and learning from it even more than from winning - is part of the path to mastery."
"All the love, learning and opportunities that you seek come from being open to life not being closed throughout it."
"In life one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day - or to celebrate each special day."
"Choose your counsel, company and companions wisely: beware seeking wise words of advice from a fool or expecting informed opinions or decisions from the ignorant."
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