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What to expect from others

Posted on by philipdodson

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Disappointment comes from expectations not being met.

Despite how you act as a person, others can only meet you at the level they are meeting themselves.

Often we are impatient with others who don’t see things how we see them or may not be so self-aware or haven’t experienced what we have. We all see the world a little differently.

However, they will have experiences that we haven’t. Be aware of and see things we may not be able to.

Before you feel disappointment again from others, perhaps reassess your expectations, allowing for that how we see things is not the only way.

Better

Posted on by philipdodson

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Better is all a question of perspective.

We live in a world where faster, cheaper and especially bigger are often the measures of better. That’s better the drink is 50% bigger and still the same price is often the mentality.

Better has been the myth sold to us by the industrialised system to get us to buy into more consumption and be compliant. Dissatisfaction and discontentment are powerful forces to ensure we all continue to strive to be ‘better’ or get ‘better’ stuff.

Why is a bigger number of something better than a smaller number? Why is a bigger house or car better than a smaller one? What is better for? Does anyone question that? Why do we have to be better? Perhaps we could redefine better.

Maybe the answer isn’t to always be striving for better, as in bigger, more of something, cheaper, faster, more efficient. Perhaps contentment with what we have and appreciating it and living a life centred on people and activity, not a life centred on striving for better.

Perhaps better is smaller, slower and good value. Perhaps better could be centred on how we treat ourselves and others. Not on better grades as a measure of success and worth.