At Home on the Last Frontier

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Completing

Benjamin and I finished Sonlight's First Grade Science. Yippee for completion!!!!!!

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Oh, Those Expectations

They get ya every time, those expectations.

The bar gets set high for other people.

The mind thinks about what someone else did or did not do.

The mind, it sure is an interesting playground of thought.

When the focus is on what did no did not go the way of expectations the mind dwells and inflates situations.

The focus should be on God, the Father. Time should be spent in prayer and in the Word, I am reminding myself of this fact.

I am guilty of setting high expectations and I am also on the receiving end.

Through frustration and hurt I also have opened eyes, renewed clarity if you will.

I see now.

I see how to pray for every day situations.

Friday, April 29, 2016

Life has a way of ebbing and flowing that also makes for eye opening experiences. Sometimes you can see the highest peaks clearly, just as a rare sighting of Denali while driving home from a weekend in Anchorage.

Other times the clouds roll in and the view isn't quite as clear.

Recently I have learned much and my eyes have been opened and the clouds have moved on and I can see clearly.

Perspective and expectations are two things I have learned along the way. What???

Yes, perspective and expectations.

What do I expect from from others and do I view situations from only my perspective?

Expectations often cause problems in relationships.

What do I expect of others?

Do they know my expectations of them?

Are the expectations realistic?

This brings me to perspective.

When expectations are not met it does pay to consider the life/situation of the other person.

I am thankful to have finally put these two items together in life circumstances. To remind myself that I should not expect more of others than they can give. I have also learned that I may not know what someone else is going through and why they make the decisions they make. I should give others the benefit of the doubt.