I expect.... expectations

Expectations.. I expect we all have them. I expect we all expect others to have them. I also expect that we expect others to meet our expectations before we meet their expectations. I expect our expectations are not the same as other people's expectations which should cause us to expect some trouble. Whew, I expect we should reconsider our expectations in light of this expectation trouble. I looked up expectation in the dictionary, I expected a clear definition and here's what I got: "The state of expecting, either with hope or fear". What did I expect? Sheesh! Maybe a definition that doesn't have the word as the definition? Is my expectation unreasonable? Maybe, maybe not. Expectations can be healthy such as expecting someone to get up every day, eat, go be productive at work or school, etc. While others may be unreasonable like you need to make me happy. I mean really, can you make someone else happy every day in every way? Then there are the hidden expectations, you know the ones we keep to ourselves and expect other people to figure it out, respond or behave accordingly, and allow us sovereign decision making on the actual sufficiency of the effort made. Hypothetically speaking, IF we were to practice hidden expectations in our daily lives, hypothetically it might be a problem. We might be the problem. Let's just stand back and consider where do our expectations lie and are they beneficial to us alone? Are we being reasonable? Are we being fair? Are we considering the other party's perspective? Or their expectations? I expect we have a mixture of these expectations. So what can we expect from all of this? To have our expectations met sometimes, not met other times, and (if you're willing) an adjustment in our expectations that may include change, lowering, or even...gasp... letting go of some of our expectations. I expect this will not be easy but hey, what did you expect?