Expecting Perfection

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

disclaimer: i've been meaning to write about this the last few weeks, but i've lost my 'feel' to write. huhu~ but i'll make it work tonight. *wink*

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Expectation is the root of all heartache. 

William Shakespeare

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Expectant. not the preggy beautiful mommies; i'm referring to us. those who are always expectant for anything that we're facing in our daily lives, from the smallest of things, to the biggest of issues. we, sadly enough, expect too much from others.

expecting that pakcik canteen to give us extra food.

expecting our team-mates to cooperate with us.

expecting friends to be there for us exactly when we need them.

expecting people to treat us nicely at all times.

expecting to be loved back by someone we love.

expecting relationships to last forever and ever and ever.

expecting him to be romantic all the time.

expecting that we will be beautifully skinny with our latest diet plan.

expecting that we would ace those papers with our studies.

basically;

expecting perfection. 

is being expectant wrong? no, i'm not saying it is, because being expectant does leads you to achieve some things in life. for example, you would expect that by doing things this way and that way, you would most probably reach your goal. nothing really is an issue here. it's a normal thing.

it's being expectant to others, that is; at least in my humble opinion; the real source of the problems that we have nowadays. so many people are expecting too much from others, that they ended up being hurt, sad, depressed, frustrated, tension bagai nak rak, whenever those expectations failed. why? because for each expectations we put on others, we would rarely make room for any failure. unlike those expectations that we put on ourselves. sungguh tak adil kan?

and thus, here's my two-cents for the day; that we should all train ourselves not to expect too much from others; because everybody and everything has their imperfections. things are always bound to not work like how we want it to. so give others and ourselves a break; from all those unnecessary expectations, unnecessary pressure, and unnecessary broken hearts. work things out as much as you can, according to Allah's Rules; and yet don't expect that things will end up beautifully just because you are already doing them acoording to Allah's way, because in the end, things will always work out according to His Plans; and it's always the best possible way. insyaAllah.

accept that we are just an Imperfect Being,

who should stop expecting Perfection from others.

and the most important reminder of all;

“Katakanlah: 
Dialah Allah Yang Maha Esa, Allah adalah 

ash-Shamad 

(Penguasa Yang Maha Sempurna 

dan bergantung kepada-Nya segala sesuatu)”

(112:1-2)