How not to be disappointed
Disappoint - to fail to meet the expectation or hope of Disappointed - defeated in expectation or hope Disappointment - the state or emotion of being disappointed. All definitions taken from www.merriam-webster.com. So. Who has not felt disappointment? I do not know anyone who hasn't. Even babies, though they may not understand it, experience disappointment - the newborn hopes that it's skin will not be exposed even though a change of diaper is needed; it is disappointed - mummy fails to meet that hope because she has no intention of leaving a stinky diaper in place. By age 2, disappointment is a familiar human emotion as the toddler, by its very nature, always expects and hopes to get anything he or she wants, which at that age is everything s/he sets her/his sights on. And do those expectations get met, those hopes realized? No, not if the parents and care givers are intent on raising a well mannered and adjusted human! As the human child grows, her path to adulthood...