Expectations
Assalamualaikum...
It's been a month since my last entry. I could hardly breathe in the past few weeks. My life was quite eventful. Alhamdulillah, at least I have lists of things to do, I have something to look forward rather than waking up in the morning feeling clueless and hopeless, not knowing what to do, where to go...
Yes, I fell into the trap again, I failed to react calmly... I still struggling to keep my complicated mind optimist and calm. Why? I guess because there are plenty of things in life I didn't understand and importantly I still not fully know myself. Why? Because in life we constantly facing unique-different circumstances, and each time, there is always something new to learn. That's why people say, learning is a lifelong journey. That time, I am facing things that I haven't fully understand and thus not properly and strongly build in myself. So, don't get disappointed too much if you get shaken or if your reaction was a bit off when facing a new challenge. Instead, pick up the lesson and grow stronger from the experience.
And then I said to myself, how do I improve my reaction, my response when a new challenge came? I gave it a lot of thoughts, what is there in me that might need transformation to be better in dealing with things. As I dived into myself, I found this "expectation". I realized I haven't properly addressed this issue in myself. It has caused me to sometimes lost in my mind and delayed to be an optimist and calm when dealing with problems/challenges in life.
But then I asked myself, is it wrong to have expectation? When is expectation is healthy and when is it dangerous? It's a very thin line between these two that we often fell into the second frame of expectation, which is very unhealthy and could cause a lot of disappointment. I feel the need to transform and restructure my mind. We should replace "expectation" with "hope". And to place your hope to our Lord, Allah SWT, The One The Al-Mighty The Powerful.
Nur
Oct 2019
It's been a month since my last entry. I could hardly breathe in the past few weeks. My life was quite eventful. Alhamdulillah, at least I have lists of things to do, I have something to look forward rather than waking up in the morning feeling clueless and hopeless, not knowing what to do, where to go...
Yes, I fell into the trap again, I failed to react calmly... I still struggling to keep my complicated mind optimist and calm. Why? I guess because there are plenty of things in life I didn't understand and importantly I still not fully know myself. Why? Because in life we constantly facing unique-different circumstances, and each time, there is always something new to learn. That's why people say, learning is a lifelong journey. That time, I am facing things that I haven't fully understand and thus not properly and strongly build in myself. So, don't get disappointed too much if you get shaken or if your reaction was a bit off when facing a new challenge. Instead, pick up the lesson and grow stronger from the experience.
And then I said to myself, how do I improve my reaction, my response when a new challenge came? I gave it a lot of thoughts, what is there in me that might need transformation to be better in dealing with things. As I dived into myself, I found this "expectation". I realized I haven't properly addressed this issue in myself. It has caused me to sometimes lost in my mind and delayed to be an optimist and calm when dealing with problems/challenges in life.
"Have hope rather than expectations and you will tend not to be as disappointed."
“Expect the unexpected, believe in the unbelievable, and achieve the unachievable.”
Nur
Oct 2019
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