Comment: On Disappointment

You can’t be disappointed if you aren’t hoping for something. And life would have little meaning if you didn’t have hope. So ultimately, we are often hopeful and then disappointed.

But sometimes the disappointment does not occur. Success, delight, and/or happiness ensue. But these are always temporary. Our expectations are destined not to be reached by virtue of their very existence. This is not depressing. In fact, it can be quite liberating.

I’d rather be disappointed about something not working out than never having the hope and possibility of something actually succeeding in the first place. (Wow, that was an awkward sentence. Sorry if you're disappointed. HA!

I guess this is my way of processing the endless changes that are coming our (and I mean the collective our, there are many of us) way these days.

Deep breaths, roll with it, move on.