By Q – Coffee With Q
We walk around handing out invisible leashes.
We expect people to text back fast. To love us how we love them. To meet our standards, even when we never said them out loud. And when they don’t — when they zig instead of zag — we feel disappointed, rejected, even hurt.
But here’s the plot twist most people miss:
Expectations are premeditated resentments.
Let that settle.
So here’s my take — write it down, stitch it on a throw pillow, or tattoo it backwards on your forehead if you’re dramatic:
“When you remove expectations from others, you remove their power to hurt you.”
— Q, Coffee With Q
This isn’t about apathy. It’s about agency.
It’s not “stop caring” — it’s stop outsourcing your emotional weather report to people who don’t even know they’re holding the remote.
You want peace? Start with expectation detox.
Trade the illusion of control for the reality of clarity.
You’ll be shocked how light you feel.
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