Bill Says: (A Blog About Recovery)
Some thoughts about recovery. * Take what you like and leave the rest.
Monday, August 11, 2014
EXPECTATIONS:
It is our job to identify our needs, and then
determine a balanced way of getting those
needs met.
It is unreasonable to expect anyone to be able
or willing to meet our every request. We are
responsible for asking for what we want and
need. It's the other person's responsibility to
freely choose whether or not to respond to
our request.
It is unreasonable and unhealthy to expect one
person to be the source for meeting all our
needs. Ultimately, we will become angry and
resentful, maybe even punishing, toward that
person for not supporting us as we expected.
It is reasonable to have certain and
well-defined expectations of our spouse,
children, and friends.
If a person cannot or will not be there for us,
then we need to take responsibility for
ourselves in that relationship. We may need
to set a boundary, alter our expectations, or
change the limits of the relationship to
accommodate that person's unavailability.
It is reasonable to sprinkle our wants and
needs around and to be realistic about how
much we ask or expect of any particular
person.
The issue of expectations goes back to
knowing that we are responsible for
identifying our needs, believing they deserve
to get met, and discover an appropriate,
satisfactory way to do that in our life.
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