Alexander Pope said, "Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
What a sad, cynical attitude. And yet, this just goes to show that it isn't having expectations that are wrong; it's having wrong expectations. So, the Church calls us to discipline our expectations by grounding them in reality, and reality is…
My girls love when I do this. Well, not really, but they do laugh. Sometimes, when we are all in the car, just driving down the road, everybody minding their own business. The conversation has lagged and the music on the radio is boring, when no one expects, I'll holler real loud and scare everyone…