You feel bad when your expectations are not fulfilled, because you are assuming that your expectations are good for you. The fact is not this. The fact is: Your expectations are bad for you. So, some wise man has said, “If I want to curse you, I will say, ‘May all your desires come true’.” That is the worst way of cursing somebody – “May all your desires come true. Now live with them, now bear the consequences.” That’s a curse. So, this is always to be kept in mind – “I do not know my own good.” Can you remember this?
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Questioner: Acharya Ji, how to cope with stress? I get disappointed easily. Why is it so?
Acharya Prashant: Is there disappointment without a specific expectation?
Questioner: No.
Acharya Prashant: And when you expect, then obviously you never expect bad things for yourself. Or do you?
Questioner: No.
