expectations

This is the season where my expectations of life are often unmet with what reality brings.  

A happy family decorating the tree while singing Christmas carols, often turns into a room full of boxes and tissue with a tree jammed with ornaments on one side that I missed seeing  get hung because I was changing the baby.

Here are some wise words on the subject:

Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.  Alice Walker

Do what you can with what you have where you are.  Theodore Roosevelt

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.  Bruce Lee

Life is so constructed that an event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.  Charlotte Bronte

A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes. Mark Twain

Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.  Mary Kay Ash

When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.  Byron Katie

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Alexander Pope

A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect.  Jonathan Huie

Wishing you (and me!) many happy surprises this season.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!