Expectations and happiness. Many times in life, we have expectations about the kind of experience that we're going to have or how we're going to feel. Many people go through life having high expectations or low ones. Sometimes high expectations are a good thing such as when you're empowering yourself to accept what you deserve. The truth is having high or low expectations will not lead you to happiness. Picture a straight line and look at it like a spectrum.

One end is high expectations and the other end is low. What we want to do is find a balance in the middle where there are no expectations. Here's an example of how having high expectations can go wrong. So let's say you're planning a trip somewhere that you're really excited about. You think about all the fun things that you're going to do and see and experience and how amazing it's gonna be. You picture it all in your mind and you're really looking forward to it when you finally Go on the trip gets fun, but not as fun as you were hoping or expecting it to be you glorified it and made it out to be too much.

Due to those expectations being too high, you end up being disappointed. Some have high expectations over people and that is very disappointing when a person doesn't act the way you expect them to. Then there are people who keep their expectations low. There are many reasons such as fear disappointment. This way, when they end up disappointed it doesn't feel as bad because they were prepared. It's like a defense.

People with low expectations tend to have low energy as well though, have you ever met someone who is always down pessimistic, always upset about something? This is not the way to live a happy life. Instead of wanting everything to be perfect, try letting go of the expectation and see how you feel there. If you're someone that has low expectations, you're telling your mind to look for negative things because that's what you're expecting. Why not let that go and just have no expectations and see how that If you do this, you'll find your joy. This balance is where happiness is found with no expectations.

This doesn't mean giving up. It's doing everything you can do. And then if it doesn't work, let it go. It is what it is. Remember, be happy with whatever the outcome will be, have no expectations and you will see that you're going to be happier sooner and without the expectations of the outcome. There's no emotion to feel about it.

Just accept