“Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality.” ThinkingWorldShouldRealRealityHappensSufferingHappenedIllusionExpectationsShould HaveProjectionWhatever Happens Author:Jacque Fresco
“Expectations are usually predicated on the idea that the everyday things that happen to ordinary people shouldn't happen to you. People hold the idea of being ordinary in absolute contempt, so when they face an illness, poverty, or any kind of catastrophe, they say, 'I can't believe this happened to me.' And who did you think it was going to happen to - the woman across the street?” PeopleThinkingBelieveKindI CanIdeasHappensFacesPovertyHappenedStreetsOrdinaryExpectationsAbsolutesEverydayIllnessContemptCatastropheOrdinary PeopleOrdinarinessEveryday Things Author:Caroline Myss
“When my expectations are exactly fulfilled, I feel that something uncanny has happened.” FeelsHappenedExpectationsFulfilledUncanny Author:Mason Cooley
“I was born in 1965. When I grew up in India, there was no expectation that a good Muslim woman wore the headscarf. But what happened when I came here to the U.S. and the emergence of the Saudi and Iranian theologies in the world is that the headscarf became the hijab and the hijab is now the idea that is synonymous with headscarf.” WorldIdeasBornHappenedGrewGrew UpExpectationsIndiaTheologySaudisIranianEmergenceMuslim WomenHijab Author:Asra Nomani