Susan notes: I love how these Daily Om messages often speak to me directly... so many life lessons to learn, so little time to learn them!
Disappointment provides us a bridge from expectations to acceptance of reality, wisdom, and the energy to begin again.
Whenever we do something in life with an expectation of how we would like it to turn out, we risk experiencing disappointment.
I've got the children to tend
The clothes to mend
The floor to mop
The food to shop
Then the chicken to fry
The baby to dry
I got company to feed
The garden to weed
I've got shirts to press
The tots to dress
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American autobiographer and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton.
She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences.
I've learned:
1) no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
2) you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.