IT ALMOST SEEMS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE...
July 15th 2007 07:50
In my experience, if something seems to good to be true...then it usually is...
It matters not if the object of desire is a bargain "designer" handbag, a new beauty product, or that hot new man that you have so much in common and incredible chemisty with...or even the delicious anticipation of the recreation of a much enjoyed meal..(the Taurean speaking here)...
Certain long awaitied "Holidays in Hell" spring to mind...so far removed from the glossy brochures in every way imaginable...
However....I guess its all a matter of perspective and comes down to expectations....
If false advertising is the reason that the bright shiny new whatever it is doesnt live up to it's promise once the wrapping is off the box, then that's one thing entirely. If however, the glorification was all created in your own mind...then...what were you really expecting?
Certain events of the past week have given me pause to ask the question...Why are my expectations so high and my self esteem so low? Why do I accept disappointment on the chin..kind of like thats all I deserve...the little voice, tiny and wavering....the inner child receiving another lesson in the difference between imagination and reality...in my mind it sort of runs like this....Oh well...I kind of did know deep down inside that it was more than I deserve....(spoken in a small voice..in a kind of wistful way...
Sometimes I think that I actually build things up to such a grandiose scale that I am setting myself up for disappointment....
I am determined to make a concerted effort to expect nothing much, any more or less....this way I figure I may be nicely suprised rather than constantly disappointed...
Am I the only one out there who has this idealistic, childlike and for me mostly unrealistic pattern?
It matters not if the object of desire is a bargain "designer" handbag, a new beauty product, or that hot new man that you have so much in common and incredible chemisty with...or even the delicious anticipation of the recreation of a much enjoyed meal..(the Taurean speaking here)...
Certain long awaitied "Holidays in Hell" spring to mind...so far removed from the glossy brochures in every way imaginable...
However....I guess its all a matter of perspective and comes down to expectations....
Certain events of the past week have given me pause to ask the question...Why are my expectations so high and my self esteem so low? Why do I accept disappointment on the chin..kind of like thats all I deserve...the little voice, tiny and wavering....the inner child receiving another lesson in the difference between imagination and reality...in my mind it sort of runs like this....Oh well...I kind of did know deep down inside that it was more than I deserve....(spoken in a small voice..in a kind of wistful way...
Sometimes I think that I actually build things up to such a grandiose scale that I am setting myself up for disappointment....
I am determined to make a concerted effort to expect nothing much, any more or less....this way I figure I may be nicely suprised rather than constantly disappointed...
Am I the only one out there who has this idealistic, childlike and for me mostly unrealistic pattern?
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Comment by Miswanderlust
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Dr. Martin Seligman has completed quite a bit of research regarding optimistic versus realistic folks and found that realistic folks who are less optimistic because they are less likely to get disappointed by others. Makes sense but how tragic....
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Comment by Miss Nomer