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Eek! Cape Dweller wrote:
> About the subject - did you mean "neurotic"?
Oh..., thank you very much for calling me a drama queen.... Now, that's
neurotic. :-D No, I mean narcotic, as in someone behaves as if he has
taken some (illegal) substance and speaks nonsensically.
> Ashikaga wrote:
>
>> What does "expectation" mean to you?
>
> Hope for the future, live in the present (in other words, don't let future
> plans ruin your current life - chances are those plans will change anyway).
I knew that! That's one of the things I learned when I did gardening:
appreciate flowers for who they are, not what they'll become.
Just for Hawkie, I think I shall call that zen gardening. ;-)
>> Do you live your life like a child
>> playing a tuba for the first time, playing only one note and finding the
>> happiness of the bland monotone?
>
> That's a leading question - assuming that there's something wrong with a
> single note. I think it's good when someone can appreciate the simplest
> things without making them grand and complicated.
>
>> Or do you jazz your life fast, swinging
>> until feeling too tired to shift feet one more time (but still carries on
>> like there is no tomorrow)?
>
> I tend to like more cerebral pursuits, but occasionally letting loose is
> beneficial. Having children certainly forces you to become more active in
> certain ways.
Those two are elaborations of my first question. I think the first
question itself is too broad and vague..., so I added the two supporting
parts to it, hoping it'll help you guys understand what I was really
asking.
So that being said, I couldn't make a one single unified meaning to the two
answers you gave me above....
>> Why does Miller Lite taste like carbonated water?
>
> Who cares? Just don't drink it!
But is it because I had expectation or imagine what it would be but it
doesn't fit into that expectation? But anyways, isn't that "who cares"
answer essentially an escapism?
>> Why do people make mistakes even they already know what they are
>> doing is wrong?
>
> Why do abused children return home after school? Sometimes fear of the
> alternative is greater than that of the present state.
You know, maybe I expected too much when I asked that question and that's
very egotistic of me that I assume you guys would read my mind when I asked
it. Though that's not what I asked, but now I think of it, it might make
sense. Let's just say I infuriated someone, and it's better that I leave,
but I guess there is no where else I could call it home better, so I just
stay, though it's quite an embarrassment for me to stay.
>> Do you get hurt by your own false expectation? How did you deal with
>> it (or corrected it?).
>
> I tend to maintain limited expectations - after all, if you insist on
> altering plans/expectations when new information comes up you'll find that
> few of your original plans remain intact - so all that planning was
> effectively useless. Sometimes it's better to take things as they come and
> everything usually falls into place. Being too steadfast can make you
> overlook new possibilities.
That's my current mentality actually. I'm essentially a planner by design,
but the more I'm experienced with life, the more I think planning is
useless. If you sum it up, I guess I'm a useless person, being a planner
and all.
Anyways, I guess I meant it in a more specific level when I asked the
question.... Do you guys fall in love and had some expectation that's just
unrealistic? Love is more or less an idealism, and I thought I'm a
realist....
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Ashikaga a26
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