Uma ShankerDisappointment comes from ExpectationExpectation comes from intimacy Intimacy comes from common interest And common interest comes from friendship So to nurture friendship, abandon expectation
About This Quote
The author of this quote, John Muir, said, "To be disappointed is to expect something that does not exist. To expect something that does not exist is to judge it beforehand, and to stop short in the very act of doing so." This idea sums up how much we can take our expectations out of our relationships. The more we expect from someone else, the more likely that person will disappoint us.
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