My life became so much easier once I realized that some people honestly don’t know any better. I realized that people cannot give you what they don’t have. I realized that I should not let them disappoint me because, for them, there is no other option. I am the one with the options.

I don’t get angry.  I don’t return fire with fire.  I don’t believe one wrong turn deserves another.  After all, what sense does it make to follow someone whom you realize is going the opposite direction you wish to go?

When we work to fill our lives with light & love, our worlds become impermeable to hatred and pessimism.

Forgive those people who have wronged you in the past and remove yourself from the chokehold they have on your life’s progression.  Remember, for them, there was no other option.  They simply didn’t know, then, how to act any other way.

ÇĀŠ

There will be times when other people will disappoint us - either intentionally or because of indifference or incompetence. If we have been counting on them, their nonperformance can cause us real anger and frustration. 

Our growth, however, should teach us that such failures are part of life. While never losing trust in others, we must accept them as fallible people. Their mistakes and lapses come from the human shortcomings all of us have. 

Our best course is to live without expecting too much from others. They are not here to please us or satisfy us. It’s possible, too, that we’ve been unrealistic in some of our expectations and have set ourselves up for disappointments. 

Our personal responsibility is to do our best even when others fall short of our expectations. At the same time, we can grow by becoming more reliable and dependable ourselves. 

Today I’ll expect the best, but I will know that I also have the spiritual resources to deal with the worst that can happen. 

-Unknown Author