Photo Story - Expectations VS Reality

This is not funny anymore. If your New Year's Resolution in January is to buy a CAR ... it is just infuriating that you settled to buy a CAR-pet instead ... in June.

It is also annoying that your original goal is to save 10,000 pesos... how come the plan splintered in midyear, and you can hardly afford to save a measly 10 pesos?

Your close friend brags she just bought the latest iPhone, so you promised yourself to buy the same PHONE. After too much thought ... the plan evaporated into thin air, and you were content on changing your PHONE CASE to make it look like a new phone? The plan was denigrated!

You're also bent on STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS (the venture is a welcome move)... but holy guacamole ... you made a 36-degree turn - and in place ... you opted for MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS ... which is a downgrade.

Too many of your plans SUD ... but everything turned out to be a DUD.

So this time you try simple goals so you can easily achieve them... for instance, number 4 in your list- LIVING A HAPPY LIFE.

But a happy life is not that plain and unadorned ... the fact of the matter it is complicated and sometimes elusive.

No wonder in number 4 you crashed out HAPPY LIFE ... you had a change of heart that TO LIVE is doable ... and more achievable than LIVING A HAPPY LIFE. Funny ... but it is true.

Expectations vs reality is the contrast between what one anticipates will happen ... and what actually comes up or crops up.

When REALITY falls short of your EXPECTATION, a rollercoaster of emotions happens, like frustration and disappointment.

But when reality exceeds our expectations, the catharsis and emotional reward range from joy to outright exhilaration.