Expectations. Why do they trap us?

Earth Tribe Radio

Jul 29 2022 • 21 mins

Expectations can trap and cripple us. They can make us struggle, break up relationships, and generally make us suffer. So what can we do to move beyond our expectations to find more peace and harmony in our lives? We chat about how we can do this. Join us for a discussion about expectations and freeing us from them.

This is what so many wise ones have said about expectations!,

The Dali Lama suggests that if we, let go of expectations, we can more readily experience peace.

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."

[The Science of Second-Guessing (New York Times Magazine Interview, December 12, 2004)]”
― Stephen W. Hawking

"I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”
― Bruce Lee

He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.”
― Robert Jordan, New Spring

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