How many of my frustrations and disappointments come from expecting too much! I see I so often want to be like my friends or people I see on TV. Yet, I am so critical and negative about them and even myself.
I expect my parents to do what "I" want them to do. Also, the same with my brother, sister and friends. Sometimes I get so angry at them! I want them to change, but seldom do I think of changing myself. I must remember to not be so hard on myself. This way I can remember to see the many wonderful "simple" things that come to me in life.
Today's Reminder
Let me learn to settle for less than I "wish" were possible, and be willing to accept it and appreciate it. I will not expect too much of anyone, not even of myself. Contentment comes from accepting gratefully the good that comes to us, and not from raging at life because it is not better. This wholesome attitude is by no means "resignation"; being lazy and not taking responsibility, but in realistic acceptance of what happens around me.
"What you have may seem small; you desire so much more. See children thrusting their hands into a narrow-necked jar, striving to pull out the sweets. If they fill the hand, they cannot pull it out and then they fall to tears. When they let go a few, they can draw out the rest. You, too, let your desire go; covet not to much ..." (Epictetus)
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