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๐Ÿ˜ญ expectations ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Posted: Sun, Sep 21, 2025 11:58:05 AM

are just premature resentments and boy do i seem to end up with a shit load of them -- expectations that is. well, that is a bit of hyperbole, i am better today with tamping down my expectations, especially when it comes to the behaviors of those around me. when i am not do good at doing that, well, i always ending up wasting my time and bandwidth fretting and fuming of shit that i cannot change. the ironic part of this whole topic, is that the two people i had the greatest expectations of making things right with, have passed on, and of course, i got pissed off at them for dying, and of course i carried that anger, turned it into resentments and ended up in a much worse place than i was before. what i took was a moment of rationality to allow myself to feel the anger and realize that even if they had lived, my expectation of them fixing things with me, were as far-fetched as some of the fantasies i lived in, in active addiction.
this morning as i sat and as i ran around the ’hood, what kept coming up from the depths was that i could keep living in regret and resentment, after all i know all about the what was, or i could choose to forgive them, let go of my expectations and live in the what is. for me, right here and right now, i am all about giving up for the day and just kicking back and watching some football with friends while enjoying a cigar or two. i am of the opinion that at least in this moment, i have better things to do than to live in worry, regret, resentment and remorse. here and now., i think i will let go of everything i have yet to forgive and forgive myself for holding on to that shit for so long.

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Tao Te Ching

☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯

The Tao Teh King, or The Tao and Its Characteristics
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge

Book 1

4) They who preserve this method of the Tao do not wish to be full
(of themselves). It is through their not being full of themselves
that they can afford to seem worn and not appear new and complete.