Se7en.
Sure, it's always better when you get good things... But if you work to get them, the feeling is even better cause you know who to "thank" for it. And, you know you can get it voluntary. So, you can have more on an everyday basis. And, high expectations aren't necessary impossible expectations. Mines are happiness, truth, honesty, evolution, frienship....
Bonochick
I don't think you're being hypocrite. I think you're an optimiser. You play roles optimising a part of yourself. If you're being optimistic with others, you surely have the proof that you can be optimistic at all, meaning when you're along too!! I know what you're through, cause I lived that too. Maybe we could talk about it, if you'd like to. I realised that I was living for the others. I mean, if the others were thinking I was a dumbass, I was sad... If the others were sad, I was helping them and then, I felt good. I felt good cause I was feeling helpful, I was feeling like doing something worth it!! I just realised that I need to work on MYSELF and help MYSELF first.
FOX, glad I helped you with your class. Actually, I agree with you. We have to discover things by ourselves. But, maybe we need some help sometimes to find the beginning of the road. Sometimes, we can help by giving tools to find the road. But it's not by giving a map that we help people. See, I like your way of thinking. I'd really enjoy a live chat. You know, just throwing things and exchanging. Give me some news, even if the answer is no!!! Thank!!