Expectations......

What are your expectations in life? I think expectations are gifts, not rights. We expect to be happy. We expect to be healthy. We expect the car will start, the refrigerator light will come on when we open the door. Expectations change with age. Teenagers expect to be bored in school, hang out with friends and reach 21 when life will really change for the better. Young couples expect to buy a home, raise a family and attend soccer, basketball, football and dance classes for the next 18+ years. Middle age arrives with it's own expectations.....kids out of the nest, more free time, money in the bank, retirement on the distant horizon. Old age expectations are still foreign to me....:))). But I do expect to arrive there at some point. Here's the thing about expectations. You have to work for them. They do not miraculously appear in your life. What I know not to expect......dishes washing themselves, lottery to be won, jobs to be easy, money to flow freely, animal hair to dance itself to the trash, socks to match in the laundry, life to be problem free. Expectations to fall from the sky without hard work and determination, just isn't happening. What are your expectations today? I'd love to know.