The Do Village

High expectations aren’t always an advantage it seems.

They make you question what you do.

They make you question how you do it.

And they make you question whether it’s worth doing it in the first place.

It seems that there are far too many people in the world with – let’s say – average expectation. They are in a position where they don’t need to feel the urge for change, improvements, different paths. In fact, they might not even be questioning their position at all, feeling no need to explore alternative solutions. But for some people (and me being very much one of them), high expectations seems to be a lot what life is about. How can I make it better? And ‘it’ could be anything: How can I make sure that I work hard but leave enough for play time outside of the office? How can I make sure I have a job I really love? Should I be taking more responsibility for my actions? How do I get other people to care about this or that?

Having to answer these questions for oneself seems to be one of the hardest and yet most necessary things to do. If these questions aren’t answered in their foundation then it makes life a lot harder. Once they are answered though, it makes life a lot easier. Every action then seems to be a derivative of these fundamental values, established through hard thinking, consideration and questioning the present. It comes back to the idea of living a life with integrity. Of being able to answer every of the above questions with a good-hearted, well considered answer that ultimately makes up the mission for one’s life. And it seems that finding that mission, that path and those answers is a constant process rather than a one-off action. A process that is sometimes as easy as easy can be, and sometimes very hard. It is answering to these high expectations that can make it very hard  or very easy – and all depends on the willingness to truly and wholeheartedly find the answers to the questions that really matter to each and everyone of us.

Gina