Expectations...

Why do we always depend on others to satisfy ourselves. Whichever way we turn there is something, someone basically controlling every aspect of our lives. In school everyone is expected to graduate, and if the grades aren't as good as their neighbor's kids, they are pressured to improve them so that the parents can be proud of their kid. Why is that we have to look around us before we can ever think about whether or not we are satisfied. It is this reason that things like cars, and makes of cars, and houses, and sizes of residences have erupted in all directions. Everyone is comparing their stuff to each other in hopes of impressing one another and ultimately showing that they are better in order to make themselves feel worthy. Let me tell you a secret, living a life under other people's watchful eye and never looking inwards for what you truly want is a life full of lies; because the only way we can ever be truly happy is if we live under our own expectations and without the influence of society and competition. It is under these influences that people become greedy, proud and angry; it is under these influences that we are succumbed to the 5 vices of the human personality. And under these vices we will never have the chance to truly be thankful for who we are, what we have and our lifestyles.