See, I definitely struggle with this. I have been so disappointed and hurt by others because I have placed these impossible expectations upon them and to my dismay they fail to meet them. Then I get so bent out of shape because I just know that if the tables were turned, I wouldn't have disappointed them (yeah right!).
Gosh, where is the grace? Where is the humility? And while I'm at it, where is the love?
Here's what I am discovering about expectations and the role they are playing in my life and relationships with others:
SometimesMost of the time they place unrealistic demands on others- They can be selfish in origin
- They can be impossible to meet
- People, including me, will fail and not meet them
- No one is perfect and the only One I can expect absolute perfection from is God
- They can cause bitterness and strife in relationships when they are not met
- I have to learn to extend grace and forgiveness to others and myself when expectations aren't met
- Ease up on myself and others; release the need for control that expectations really reveal
What say you? What do you think about the expectations we place on others, and even on ourselves?
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