"Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom." ~Sir Boyle Roche
I will be the first to admit that I become easily
disappointed. This is probably due to overly high expectations. However, I
have painfully learned that a degree of disappointment is part of the human
experience. It is not pleasurable--no one enjoys disappointment and it
always brings up the question: Why?
It is the "why," asked not in victimhood, but in a desire to learn and grow
that holds the gift in disappointment. In my disappointment, if I withdraw
momentarily to re-evaluate, re-assess, and re-group, I can usually discern
the lesson from the dissapointment and then charge forth with
new wisdom. I have a grateful heart for the gift in my disappointment:
personal growth! This lies in every disappointment, if you allow it.
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Denna J. Shelton, Copyright, 2013
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