Disappointment of unfullfilled dreams

I had also faced many disappointments in my life. Even now-a-days I have to face them. I feel that perhaps because of my expectations. I expect my children to do well in school, sports and if they fail to perform upto the mark, then I get disappointed. In my personal life I have been disappointed many times but fortunately, I have come out of that bad times. Of late,I have learnt to limit my expectations. Now I am more realistic so I do not get disappointed so frequently. I have learnt to live within my limitations. I have learnt one very good lesson of the life: "The secret of the happiness in the life is one's ability to live and enjoy the life within one's own limitations."

I do have dreams and goals that I haven't reached until now. But I still have high hopes that I will reach them. Life is full of hope. It's never too late to learn things and be great. We still have ample time to do the things that we want.

yes, bondservant, just keep on hoping that for whatever failures we may have in our lives, there will always be reason for getting up to something more favorable. for our condition, something which is more fitting is coming up. how i wish you are anywhere in the philippines. i know of an effective cure for your health problems. these are sure cure ones which will not cost you much. it will just be a matter of taking them religiously day after day. as for my case, i had always wanted to become a doctor of medicine. since my mother was not supportive of this dream coming through, i had to take up engineering instead. it was not a good choice. during those times, civil engineers during field engineering work are all men - and only men were considered proper and fitting to carry out such tasks. anyway, there is office work left for me. so the entire set up left me with only one way to have it. work in an office and do the designing, the planning, the estimating - all the works relative to buildings, bridges, roads, waterworks and other infrastructure matters. i did not enjoy this kind of job at all. i did well though, that is, if my superiors were to give their pronouncements on my performance.

I do have some unfulfilled dreams but not the big ones. I dream of being a good coach (my team lost in the finals this year, but they are in high spirits to try next year, so not much disappointment there), I dream of being better in cooking (which I disappoint myself when what comes out from the oven and pan doesn't meet my expectations), I dream of becoming a good translator (which I don't see how I can be one yet)...etc Perhaps I don't really have really big dreams and those big ones that I have, I haven't give up yet. ^^ I'm 23 this year and I see most of my life just beginning. And I really hope I can still view it that way when I'm much older. Having unfulfilled dreams, is a sign that I'm young and there is still much to live for. Instead of occasional disappointments, normally I view it this way.