Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Always expecting to get what you want is expecting too little of life.
Posted by at

21 comments:

  1. Yun YiFebruary 9, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    witty! an open mind takes anything happen in real life.

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownFebruary 9, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    Good point. Our little brains are way too small to grasp the true potential we have.

    ReplyDelete
  3. SprigBlossomsFebruary 9, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Life will be dull if we always got what we want : )

    ReplyDelete
  4. UnknownFebruary 9, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    I think we all should be thankful for what we already have. The human race is greedy not needy.

    ReplyDelete
  5. martureo77February 9, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    So true! Sometimes what we want isn't the best thing for us. We could hope for so much more, not only for ourselves but for those around us.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Lauren KFebruary 9, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    It makes me think of the "entitled" among us...You can't expect to get what you want, you have to work for what you want. Working for what you want is a huge growing exercise, it teaches us about ourselves, our strengths, weaknesses, passions and frustrations. Without these things I don't think you would get as much out of life. So...yes! Well put!

    Thank you!

    Lauren K

    ReplyDelete
  7. Lita C. MalicdemFebruary 9, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    I'm still in the process of getting this message sink into my mind, "It's God's will not yours that happens in the end" whenever I ask for His help. I still make coy overtures to him anyway. Your line teaches me not to expect to much. Thank you again!

    ReplyDelete
  8. COUNT SNEAKYFebruary 9, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    Apparently, if we got everything we wanted...we would learn nothing.
    Besides, who would do all the work?

    ReplyDelete
  9. surjit singhFebruary 10, 2011 at 12:33 AM

    Very well said.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Thought Bubble TenFebruary 10, 2011 at 1:25 AM

    I was going to say 'brilliant' and it is... but how about expecting what you want plus whatever else that's of a similar vibration or better??? :)

    ReplyDelete
  11. Janey BFebruary 10, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    For a moment I didn't get it, duh, then I smiled and smiled. How wonderful! Life gives so much more than we expect, if we but broaden our focus, we will feel so abundant.

    ReplyDelete
  12. MarcFebruary 10, 2011 at 7:38 AM

    If we get what we expect or anticipate we are often confused or dejected at the outcome.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Janene MurphyFebruary 10, 2011 at 9:19 AM

    I agree. Some of the best things that have come into my life have come in unexpectedly and with no prior wish.

    ReplyDelete
  14. JudieFebruary 10, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    Some of the things I get, I don't want, and some of the things I want, I don't get. That's life!

    You would not recognize Benson Hwy these days. Serious urban sprawl! Thanks for the comment on my post!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Justus SteelFebruary 10, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    I do believe that something, some power, knows what's best for me better than I do. If I only got what I wanted, I would severely be limiting myself.

    ReplyDelete
  16. BillyFebruary 11, 2011 at 1:03 AM

    or maybe get more than we expect!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  17. PhotoDictionFebruary 11, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    I like this way. It makes you pause and think about how much more there is than what you might envision.

    ReplyDelete
  18. MelFebruary 12, 2011 at 4:18 AM

    An expectation
    is merely a precipice
    over which you will surely
    at some point
    ...fall

    ReplyDelete
  19. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    I love this one...i truly do in more ways than one. There are no limitations but the limitations we put on ourselves...we can have anything we want and lots more if we didnt limit ourselves

    ReplyDelete
  20. shanaz@RSFebruary 18, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    I agree with Miss Murphy, "Some of the best things that have come into my life have come in unexpectedly and with no prior wish." :)

    And you have put it so brilliantly too Marty!

    ReplyDelete
  21. CharleneFebruary 21, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    Love this one. It reminds me of the scene in "Finding Nemo" where Dory says to Nemo's dad something like, "If you don't let anything happen to him, then well... nothing is ever going to happen to him. That sounds really boring."

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)