Anyway, I hold fondest childhood memories of waving at whoever was in the red caboose. When taken together as a whole train of thought, expectations and disappointments eventually bring deeper understandings - over the long hauls of life!
A laugh arose within me when I read it! I got it right away...fewer expectations...fewer disappointments...still plenty of room for enthusiastic detatchment!
I find this quote to be rather dour and does not allow for enthusiasm, optimism, joy and zest. It's the half-empty glass that's cracked to boot; fulfillment and accomplishment can equally be the caboose at the end of the expectation train. Otherwise what would be ...
And here I came across these words and said 'Wow another someone here who appreciates a wry dry witticism!' (Wit comes from the same root as wise too.) And lo my cup was half full and the level steadily rising. ...
I listened to an audiobook called "Pure Meditation" by Pema Chodron recently, and she said that if people want to live life to it's fullest they should throw out their notes to themselves that say things like "Every day in every way I'm getting bett...
Wonderful! I had a coach who encouraged me, whenever I was disappointed or discouraged, to look for the attachments. What was I attached to, grasping onto, feeling entitled to, expecting? Usually, it came to me pretty quickly that I was attached to a spe...
