The thing about expectations is that they are almost impossible to attain. We go through life with certain "expectations" for different people in our lives based upon what "we" think they should do, how "we" think they should act or react, what "we" think they should know, etc. The problem in all that is that is too often about "we" and not really about the other person but really more about "me".
I have crazy high expectations of myself. Now that isn't always a bad thing, but the problem lies when I cast those expectations on others who don't live within that same set of beliefs.
As I get older, I find that truly the only person that I am disappointing with my self-imposed expectations of other people is myself. I need to just let it go; but if you know me, you know that isn't super easy for me to do.
So, that being said, I find myself wanting to be more reflective of my own actions and less worried about the actions of others.
Maybe Elsa is right, sometimes you just need to let it go.
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