What Do You Expect Out Of Life?

Question

And don't say The Spanish Inquisition.

I forgot to answer my own question. It comes from the title of the book A Clockwork Orange. The title implies that there are two ways to look at life. One is like a clockworks - rigid and mechanical and the other is like an orange - juicy. What I expect out of my life is that it remain juicy instead of clockwork.

Answer 1

I let Life borrow fifty bucks one time... never paid me back. I want my money back, Life. Yeah, I'm talking to you.

Answer 2

I have a theory that time exists all at once, but that it moves linearly. Our lives are a stretch on the linear path, but that each moment exists in a constant now. When we die, the reality that we existed becomes a part of the cosmic and chronic Bra-hm. In other words, we revisit our own life and the lives of those we touched in both good and negative temporal memories. If we made others miserable, or if we allowed them to make us miserable, we have a mostly miserable afterlife. If we were happy and gave reason for happiness, then our afterlife is more paradise than hell.

It's only a theory.

But what I expect out of life is to remember more heaven than hell.

Answer 3

expect life

Answer 4

I expect some hard times, some laughter, and hope. I expect that I will live a life with some meaning, to someone, somewhere, and that I will be remembered fondly someday when I die. I expect a fulfilling life. If these things do not happen, then I have failed, because everyone should be able to expect all of these.

Answer 5

I expect to live long, laugh well, and love mostly all that I think is good and right. I expect to be successful in my career choices and I know the only way to do that is to live one day at a time and take nothing for granted.

Answer 6

I used to have a rosy-colored view of life, but now I feel like there's no way out of my current rut. The point is I don't even know who to believe or who to confide, except to the anonymous readers here. I want to be in position for a happy marriage, career and social life, but I am in the opposite situation. Part of it has to do with me, but I also blame society as well.

Answer 7

pain & failure

what i expect and what i create are two different things

my mind ( the machinery is in charge of expectations)
and 'it' mostly expects pain and failure

i create from self which has no expectations or is not limited by expectations

if you ask another question What Do You Create In Your Life - then i will answer that as well.

Answer 8

To NOT let things get too comfortable in life, to constantly expand the imaginary walls of my comfort zone (horrible cliche, I know), to not avoid pain and suffering to the extent of avoiding life, to live in places where I'm a minority, to challenge myself physically, not to watch more than two hours of TV per week, to give all my attention to my friends, children and lovers when I'm with them, to take my writing to unexplored places.

Answer 9

I have learned not to expect anything and then when life throws me a fun ride on a rollarcoaster it is all the more fun. It is really sad in a way, I used to think I had the very best life. My parents adored me because I made them proud and became a doctor, married a doctor while we were still in med schoo and yes he was (is) extremely goodlooking, but somewhere along the way, in the past 20 years he lost all emotions became like a robot void of emotion. We had a child die and never recovered from it, i found out that he was cheating , he was also verbally and sometimes physically abusive. I became depressed and lost my job (well I took a sabatical) WOW!!!! you would not believe the changes. My family, my own family turned on me, could not believe I would leave this perfect man "ah honey you have to take the good with the bad" Were was this wonderful mom when I was growing up hahah. anyway we divorced and i fell in love with my best friend of ten years, shortly after my other best friend died in a car accident at 29. Here is what I cannot figure out, every person sided with my ex. I should have stuck it out, well people do not know what goes on behind closed doors. I had resigned myself earlier after our kids were born that I made my bed I must lie in it, I did not deserve happiness. Well I got to a cracking point and the kids and I moved out becasue the deadbeat Doctor dad (whom I supported through med school) had to have the home on the golf course and the private lake (that we could not afford anyway) he pretended to be super dad (thank God people did eventually see through that) I lost all of my friends, his friends and our friends.

But Istayed my course and decided to be happy for once, and the only people happy for me are my fiance's family, friends and my kids.

I guess I had a blinded rose color expectation of life as well. I thought that since I was a good person and I loved my fmaily they would always be there for me. Nope! Not when I ws not working, then when i went into private practice they were proud of me again for about a day because I solved one of the leading homicide cases in our area, but that faded. You see I no longer represent the perfect family my mom envisioned for me, big country club house 3 kids, swimming, golf tennis etc. Now I am even cticized for my parenting skills becasue i am in private practice and my kids get to come to my clinic all the time rather than day care.

I am most content and feel safe secure happy and loved when i am with my fiance, i do not live in fear that he will get drunk and hit me in the ribs. SOmetimes though it is just too much stress, a family who once thought I was amelia the great now frowns on me(even though I managed to open my own practice, and they absolutely refused to help, they are rich snobs and they completely cut me off when i left horrible hubbie. i thought about going back just to get my old normal life back, ...so i did not love him so what.. i sure had friends, albeit fake and phoney, i had plenty of social invitations, but i am too in love. rather than hope i succeed my parents hope i fail so i will have to go back to my ex to support me, but i will work in a diner before i ask either my controlling parents or my ex for a penny. by the way i am 44 years old how do i escape this misery, this constant struggle with my family, my ex and the lonliness i feel when i realize i truly have only 2 or three real friends

i expect nothing, i hope with all that i am that karma really works and that what comes around goes around and that i have something wonderful in store for me, not just waiting for me. I know I have to make it happen. I just would like some peace

Answer 10

I expect to get out of my life as much as I put into it. It will last as long as it lasts, will end when it ends, and damn if I'm not going to enjoy as much of it as I can...

Good question, by the way.