Expectations Vs Reality Quotes Novels & Stories

" 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑯� ��𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 "

“If I didn’t, I wouldn’t even be able to work and feed my kids.” His expression shifted slightly at that. But I wasn’t done. “Reality doesn’t give space for collapse,” I continued. “It teaches you how to stand even when you’re tired.” My grip tightened around my cup. “So what exactly did you expect?” I asked. “That I should cry every time I see you? That it would fix anything between us?” I shook my head. “It wouldn’t fix anything. It would only give you room to hurt me again.” A brief silence followed.

Since when did he get there? I sat up and stared at him. “They expect too much,” I whispered, more to myself than to him. “They expect because you set the standards high,” he said, without looking at me. “But it doesn’t mean they’ll blame you if you fall short. It just means they trust that you know what you're doing... even if they don’t always say it out loud.” That sounded... familiar. Where did I hear that before? Was it Rayleigh? No, Rey wouldn’t say something that thoughtful. Taylor? But I never really opened up to Taylor.

Keep your cool. If your expectation is a bit out of line or unorthodox maybe look at changing it or tossing it to the wind. There’s a quote somewhere that says expectations are the bane of happiness.

And besides I'm not expecting Jordan to let me stay there after knowing the truth. I've learned my lesson. Expect. That's a dangerous thing to do. Expecting people. Expecting things to happen. Expecting will just lead you to disappointment. So let's not expect anymore. Just like what I heard in the movies.... "Expect disappoinment and you'll never be disappointed." Walking to the hallway leading to the stairs, I saw some maids who's looking at me weirdly and some was smiling. They greeted me but I ignored them. "What's with the attitude?"

After hearing her complaint, he subconsciously retorted, “How do you know that these things won’t happen in real life? It’s not entirely impossible.” The two people bickered and argued endlessly. Life itself was a movie. One would not expect it, but oftentimes, the reality could be even more dramatic than in the movies.

“Oh really now. Are we still being realistic here?” “You’re blinded.” Soyet shook his head. “You cannot see the true nature of what you have faced. I doubt you’d be able to truly unravel the reality of the future you wanted to see. No. The truth is, you deserve not to stand on the preface of your dreams considering that your mind only perceives the thing by which that to your head has already been established.”

“Yeah, I’ve heard all of the motivational quotes about failure. Once, I believed that if you work hard enough you get what you want. That’s not true. That’s the biggest lie of all.” “I’ve never heard you be so negative.” Samaire watched him with growing wonder as if he was changing before her eyes. “You’re always so optimistic.” “I’m optimistic when I keep my expectations low.” He didn’t like that about himself, and he knew he was going to regret telling Samaire. “I worked hard to launch my dream and it didn’t happen. I deferred my dream for years only for it to get further out of my reach.” “You didn’t defer it,” Samaire said. “You talked yourself out of it.”

Maybe I was just over thinking things and worry too much again. “I don’t know. It just feels like they expect so much from me, and unlike Richard, I’m not sure if I can live up to their expectations,” I replied a little sadly. “Expectations can be quite scary, I think. Instead of assuming the worst, you should work to align on what they expect of you. Maybe then you’ll find out whether or not they’re asking for too much,” Ace advised. “I’ll try…” I mumbled although I wasn’t certain if I could do something like that.

I do not hesitate to answer. The skepticism on his face switches to realization as he seems to now have an understanding of what I was talking about. "Just so you know, this isn't anything like the movies you've seen. This is reality and you have to face it because it's the only thing you'll be seeing from now on," "Weren't you ever taught how to encourage?" The question seems to put him on edge due to the reaction I receive. "What do you mean?" "I don't know. But then it would do you well if you make me feel like all of this is worth it instead of pushing me to the harsh reality of life,"