in life.. never expect much.. you'll never get disappointed.

in life, we make choices, and based on the choices we make is our destiny. the outcome sometimes are not what we expect it to be, but the important thing is we learn something from it, and hopefully learn to accept as it is the most rational thing to do instead of getting frustrated or depressed. life is too short to experience, a gift that we have to appreciate.

Hi there Karstine29! You're right. Life is full of surprises. Funny that I just read the Facebook status of one of our writers in a magazine that says life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. I think it's right that's why it is important to make wise decisions if we want to make the most of our life. I have experienced a lot of disappointments but what's important is that we continue working for what we want to attain and never give up.

I thinks I have already been disappointed before but not so much because I really don't want to expect much. I always ready for every results of somethings. But there were really times that we can't stop to expect a thing.

You're right, karstine. Life is full of surprises and that's what makes it interesting. Yes, there will always be disappointments, that's life. It's a matter of attitude. Now, why do we get disappointed? If we do not get what we want, we feel bad. Have faith in God. He knows what is best for us. When we do not get what we expect, know that something much better is on its way. Be patient, do your part, keep working on it, wait and keep on expecting the best results. God knows what and when. You'll get it. Go bless you, my fellow mylotter.

Hmm... I agree with you, if you expect less then life will surprise you and it won't disappoint you. When you expect too much though, hoping something to actually happen, you'll just find yourself really disappointed and unsatisfied when you don't get what you wanted. Though this also leads to the idea of the pursuit of happiness. Have you seen the film "Pursuit of Happiness"? It's such a sad but touching movie about how a man strives so hard to pursue his happiness and support his little son. Gaining happiness in life is not only not expecting too much but also to pursue it as well. We can't just be laid-back and hope for happiness to come at any time, we strive for happiness in order to gain it. Happiness it hard to find and sometimes life may disappoint you but effort may get you there.

i kind of disagree with your view of expectation if you do something and you dont expecting anything from it, it's like not having a goal right ? i think it must be something like in life expect much if you dont get what you expected then be happy with it and use it as a stepping stone, move and improve.

Its true that life have surprises and disappointment is always in our ways. Its depend on us how to handle it. If you've never expect much, you still disappointed but less. So its my theory not to expect much, just continue doing and aiming for something to obtain surprises.