Expectations

Nicci, my hair stylist, recently told me the following quote that I find quite insightful. Don't you love the conversations we all have with our stylists? They're mini therapy sessions cloaked with sassy vanity tweaks.

--"Expectations are premeditated resentments."

Ain't that the truth? In the end, I interpret this as meaning that expectations are way more about US than they are about the people we direct them toward. Our own hang-ups--our own fears and hopes--get splashed onto and into our various relationships.

I've also become obsessed with bumper stickers lately. Like, I can't stop finding meaning in so many of them these days. And who knows, everything does happen for a reason, including getting behind a particular car at a particular time.

Some of my faves:

"Bombing for peace Is like fucking for virginity"
PG-13 version I've seen: "Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity"

"God is not a Republican...or a Democrat."

On my own car:

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience."
"What would Buffy do?"
"Coexist" (you know the one, with funky letters & shapes to represent different religions, spiritualities, and life philosophies)

I could go on and on. Anyone want to send me their favorite quotes, bumper sticker-esque or otherwise?

Oh, my favorite Tori quote:

"You can only be you. A lot of times that's never enough for people."

Ain't that the truth, too?