Expectations

Other than to die? Nothing...

Well, hello there, Mr. Sunshine!

lol I guess it looks a lot worse than I intended.

What I menat by it is that I don't "expect" anything. I certianly HOPE for a lot. To expect, to me, implies that I can take something for granted that things will just happen by themselves.

I don't expect anyone will hand me a high-paying job doing something I love. I don't expect that my friends/family will love me for who I am (Or, for that matter, that I'll even have any friends.), etc...

I do HOPE that I'll someday get paid for doing something I love and I HOPE that my friends and family would love me unconditionally but I try to keep in mind that all of that takes some active participation on my part.

Life, if we're lucky, is what you make it. Fishin, altho' blunt, is very much on target. Life owes us nothing but since we're here, better make the best of it.

Perhaps this question should be "What does Life expect from you?" :wink:

I didn't ask what life owes us, I asked what you expect from life.

Saying nothing, is an easy answer but not entirely accurate. A quick seach reveals that fishin expects:

Immigrants to be in their new country for a long time.
Fox news to offer a more conservative slant on news.
A 6-3 supreme court ruling in Gonzales v. Oregon
New drivers to hit a thing or two.

and many other things if you look into it.

Eoe expects stuff too. Such as:

Lighwizard to quote movies exactly.
Sore muscles after working out.
Better programing from television networks.
Adequate water and facilities for troops.

It is easy to say we don't expect anything from life, but I think it is safe to say that there are indeed things we expect. What are they?

Re: Expectations


always expected to be sued, and hey now i have been

longish story, may start thread about it soon

I think you will need to narrow the question a tad. What do we expect for/from ourselves? What do we expect from our government? What do we expect of our children?

When you say "what do you expect from life" it sort of implies what do we expect for ourselves from life. And the answer to that should be "nothing" from those alive long enough to have improperly placed expectations dashed a few times.

I expect:

Industrialized nations to have clean drinking water for their entire population.
Justice, as much as our system allows.
My children to behave well in public provided I have fed them.
My car to start every morning.

Ahh... you guys are making this to complicated (except for djjd... he's got it).

Answer it however you want. What do you expect from life?

That's more like it. Thanks, FD.

I expect a modicum of happiness, a few regrets and a slice of cantalope at the end.

So far, life has exceeded my expectations in all regards.

Hope you got more happinesss than regrets and I hope you like cantalope.

I did and I do, thanks.

I do admire your research jpin!

I expect:
to love and be loved in return
to work for what I get
to be treated fairly more often than not
to have to deal with liars, cheaters and humbugs
to remain bald
to sleep on the couch after beer and pizza
to live forever -- or die tryin'

Those are some good expectations George.
Although, like fishin said earlier, some of them are more of a hope than expectation for me.

I expect this thread to go on for a while.

I expect that putting stuff in one end makes stuff come out the other end.

If that expectation is not met, I expect that I will require medical intervention.

I expect to gain 10 pounds from October through February.