Bookishnish

  Happy H o l i everyone! This mail is being sent to you 2 days before the schedule.  The reason, you ask.  Because it's my chutti:p  Also, it's Holi and a lot has happened since last month. Okay, I have a story for you.  Ready ?   Free yourself some 10 min before going ahead. Caution: Many mountains on the way! Ok enough, Story Time! * T his is a story of a software engineer He was too occupied with work. But work was the least of things that bothered him. There was a fire burning in his soul. He knew he could do more.  But his managers and the lack of impact his work created kept bugging him. Being 23, was it too late to try searching for passion? How will he judge his life on his deathbed? Will he ever be happy doing this work? Or will he regret not taking a chance? He couldn't answer these questions. He just didn't know the answers. One night, while sitting silently with himself under a starry night , a hundred thoughts occurred to him. Will he b...

For me expectation is actually the antonym of hope. If we expect something we assume that it will happen. If it happens, then it's normal, nothing special to be happy or excited about. If it doesn't happen, then it gives us reasons to be angry, disappointed, frustrated and depressed. Hope, on the contrary, give us reasons to be happy. If we hope for something, we assume that the chances of it happening are rather slim, but it would be nice if it happened. If it doesn't happen, then it is normal, nothing to be worried or angry about. If it does happen, then it gives us reasons for excitement, joy and happiness. It's why people with high expectations often are angry and frustrated, because the two 'mental states' they can be in are: 'normal' or frustrated. People with no expectations and big hopes are usually cheerful and happy, because for them the two 'mental states' they can be in are: 'normal' or joyful.