When Expectations Break Us (Closer to Our Hearts)

Nobody broke your heart—they broke your expectations and brought you closer to your heart. Expectations stir up more emotion than almost anything else. Research suggests we have tens of thousands of thoughts each day, and in those thoughts, we create stories, replies, and outcomes. So when someone speaks or acts outside the script we imagined, it cuts deep. The hard part? Learning to care—without tying your peace to how things “should” go.

“People can sometimes be held hostage by their expectations. The key is to reach for an extremely high bar, but to be adaptable enough to reframe the failures, disappointments, and defeats into fuel for the next thing.”
— James Clear

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