Expectation. One definition: A premeditated resentment.
So, after an unbelievably wonderful morning with my Valentine I was struck by how different our gifts were to one another. I write. He is great at planning. I am good at communicating my feelings. He is good at being romantic. I am good at receiving his romantic intentions.
I recently read a list of the worst gifts women had received for Valentine's Day. Some of them were honestly bad. Like an ugly purse with a Valentine's Day card in it for the girl he was cheating with. That's bad. But some of them were obviously a failed expectation.
I wonder. Is the gift really about the gift?
What if we stop expecting, and just receive what we are given cheerfully?
People give what they are best at giving, and sometimes that is their whole heart. You just have to adjust your sights to see it.
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