No expectations. One of the things that I've gone through many times in my life is being disappointed by people. Relatives, friends, coworkers, churches, fellow shoppers, fellow drivers. Lots of people.
Every time that it's happened, I've come to the realization that I had expectations that I shouldn't have had and I dropped my expectations lower and lower.
It's hard because I'm told over and over by people that I should have the highest expectations and I should expect the most and the best out of people and situations.
And when I tell even my wife and family "I'm dropping my expectations to zero and I have no expectations now" they get offended because, well, that's just wrong.
I went through a meditation lesson where the theme was "expectations ruin things".
And the idea is that to attain maximum adaptability, you should drop all expectations and accept everything as is, as it comes. no matter what.
What's funny is I'm right there with them, but I've been beat up so many times for saying and expressing this that I cringe when I hear it said in a lesson like this.
It's really weird. Sometimes it's challenging to balance everything and to understand. I take comfort in my belief in God and how I know that God is conspiring for me. For me and not against me.
It's still interesting though, trying to have no expectations so that I can be supremely adaptable.
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