Whenever we do something in life with an expectation of how we'd like it to
turn out, we risk experiencing disappointment. When things don't go the way we
had envisioned, we may feel a range of emotions from slightly let down to
depressed or even angry. We might direct our feelings inward toward ourselves,
or outward toward other people or the universe in general. Whether we feel
disappointed by ourselves, a friend, or life in general, disappointment is
always a tough feeling to experience. Still, it is a natural part of life, and
there are many ways of dealing with it when we find ourselves in its presence.
As with any feeling, disappointment has come to us for a reason, and we don't
need to fear acknowledging it or feeling it. The more we are able to accept how
we are feeling and process it, the sooner we will move into new emotional
territory. As we sit down to allow ourselves to feel our disappointment, we
might want to write about the experience of being disappointed--the situation
that preceded it, what we were hoping would happen, and what did happen. The
gift of disappointment is its ability to bring us into alignment with reality
so that we don't get stuck for too long in the realm of how things might have
been.
As we consider other disappointments in our life and how we have moved past
them, we may even see that in some cases what happened was actually better in
the long run than what we had wanted to happen. Disappointment often leaves us
feeling deflated with its message that things don't always turn out the way we
want. The beauty of disappointment, though, is that it provides us a bridge to
its other side where the acceptance of reality, wisdom, and the energy to begin
again can be found.
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