Sunday, July 7, 2019

day no. 14,867: live up or let down

"If I look to them to make me happy and give me joy, one of two things will happen: (1) they will try... and hate me for it or (2) they will fail me... and I will hate them for it."- Adam Mabry

There is no better way to guarantee disappointment and frustration than to assign divine qualities to anything other than God. 

When we treat others as though they were our god, they will either try to live up to our lofty expectations and end up hating us for the constant pressure it puts upon them or they will resist our insistence and we will end up hating them for letting us down.

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