Why is it...

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Why is it that every person I have met and had any kind of relationship, throughout my entire life, never fails to severely disappoint me one-way or another?

I know my expectations and faith in people is too high, extremely too high. My standards for others are leagues beyond the average…

I know people are not perfect; I know people make mistakes…

But is it so much to ask…

For honesty? For self honesty? To not be hypocrites? I don’t really care if people lie to me in the end … but why lie to yourself? That is what kills me.

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Because you expect the impossible in an ever-repeating cycle of disappointment. If yuo were enjoying the cycle, I’d say good luck to you. But you don’t seem to be. So change (not lower, just change) your standards. Make them more human. See what is good and strong and inspiring about people, because there’s plenty there despite all the shit.

We can do better.

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Thanks for the suggestion–my expectations are changing for sure–without my direct control. The more I know, the more I don’t want to know.

…but I can’t stop what has already started decades ago. ](*,)

Oh well. :unamused:

:sunglasses:

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Everybody is a hypocrite.

Understanding this makes life alot more easier.

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I understand much more now than ever before.

I suppose I just want to be less of a hypocrite than everybody else.

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then you’d be a hypocrite and a liar too…

just do what you can… everybody else will do the same…

trust your mechanic

-Imp

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That depends on how probable I can make my final outcome. :wink:

What if God is/was in fact an “evil genius”? 8-[ :imp:

:sunglasses: :laughing:

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then rene was wrong…

-Imp

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:laughing:

Shaping clay with the mind instead of the hands does that to a man.