Have you cultivated a habit of maintaining low expectations to avoid disappointment? I have. My children don’t share this habit, often having the highest expectations possible, which often leads to frustration and sadness. Both extremes can be detrimental and unrealistic. Read more below and click over to In Touch Ministries for the full article.
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While waiting in line for the long, sticky tram ride back to our car, I released a bone-weary sigh. We’d already spent the day standing in innumerable queues, drifting in and out of dream worlds at Magic Kingdom. We’d withstood crowds and irritation and an oppressive heat while watching our children fall apart into various stages of exhaustion and anger. We weren’t alone. Every time I saw a fellow parent wrangling a willful toddler or assuaging a bad attitude with another Mickey-shaped ice cream, I gave a knowing nod. In the “happiest place on earth,” our kids still struggled to be happy.
They struggled because their expectations were wishes wrapped in magic embellished with a sprinkle of glitter…
To read the rest of this article on the dangers of low expectations head over to In Touch Ministries Magazine.
