tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237788882387744822.post1044463005262944464..comments2010-12-23T20:25:49.699-08:00Comments on Between the Pages: ExpectationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3237788882387744822.post-24083282486738343942009-04-03T11:05:00.000-07:002009-04-03T11:05:00.000-07:00i wanted to respond to this earlier, but i had to ...i wanted to respond to this earlier, but i had to think about it for awhile - sorry for this long comment.<BR/><BR/>so you say that expectations are neither good nor bad - which is what i understand them to be. but after that, you mention hope - do you think expectations and hope are the same? don't. <BR/>I know expectations as: the thoughts of looking to something with anticipation or eagerness - so you can expect something good, bad, or neutral. and I know hope as: a desirable expectation. and usually, i think that a person's desires are usually self-fulfilling or beneficial. <BR/><BR/>I think you're right about hope and wisdom being necessary in making good judgements or decisions.<BR/><BR/>this is what i think about freedom:<BR/><BR/>There is no freedom with no expectation - only freedom because freedom is a state of being free, therefor lacking the constraints of anticipating thoughts, or expecations.Arthur Addisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217157531783311086noreply@blogger.com