Expectations

There are times when I want to be able to see into the lives of other people.

I don't mean just seeing them and interacting with them, either. That limits you to only what they want you to see. People put on a happy face for the public, and they can pretend that everything is terrific, but once you get past that facade, there can be a whole world of unhappiness. (yeah, I'm well acquainted with how that works ;p) I want to be able to see all of the ugliness that lurks behind the happy facade. I want to peer into the minds of people and see what they really feel about the state of their lives.

I want to see all of this, because I want to know if I'm expecting too much out of life. We can try to observe the lives of others, but we really don't know if they're happy with what they're given, or *how* happy they are with what they have. All we really have to go on is what others tell us.

Maybe if I can know how happy other people are, I can know what level of happiness *I* can rightfully expect from this life. I think, at times, that I'm being wildly unrealistic with my expectations. I have ideals burned into my brain and I continue to search for them, even though it sometimes seems that maybe I should learn to be happy with what I'm given.

Still, at the same time, it feels like a cop-out to just settle for less than your ideal. Isn't that what drives us as people?

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In other news, this looks really cool, so I must bookmark it in my brain: Fight Science! It has a couple of prominent wushu players in it, too. :D

I lifted like crazy yesterday, and I am soooo paying for it today. Ouch ouch ouch.