Nothing ever quite completely suits us when we feel entitled. Not even on the best day.
Oh, how much simpler life would be if everything ... and everybody ... simply conformed to what entitlement tells us should be true.
When we're disappointed, it's because we feel we deserve something better.
Disappointment is a strong emotion and draws a map to Feeling Discouraged. Given enough discouragement, our outlook can swing to a perspective of Feeling Rejected. And the Yellow Danger Alert associated with Feeling Rejected is that rejection hurts and stings enough to whisper that our worst fears and misgivings about others will inevitably, and always, turn out to be true.
Lo and behold, we start seeing that no one else ever quite measures up to our expectations. Because, strangely, the pain reaction of Feeling Rejected has made us feel superior.
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You've probably heard something like this,
"What so-and-so did disappointed me, but that's not the first time. Nobody has ever lived up to my expectations and I always end up getting disappointed.
People who get along with others are either putting on a front, or they're living in a dream world because they can't see what's really going on."
Expectations = Entitlement - (Reality/Hope * Rejection)
Rearrange the letters any way you like but you can't find enough, not in a lifetime, in "Entitlement," "Disappointment" or "Discouragement" to ever make Joy.
You gotta add Jesus and Mercy first.
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Seems like it'd be easier to address our Personal Expectations first ... before we tackle fixing what's wrong with everybody else.
