Hello, Vincent,

Thanks for answering this simple little question – and I see that your answer is a complex big one.

I think we tend to set expectations for ourselves, even regular daily goals, but then forget that the process of growth is varied and fluid.

One day we may fall asleep secure in the knowing that we “got it” or “made it” today because the results were so obvious, but on another day we may wonder what went wrong, what we were thinking, and why we didn’t do and achieve “such and such”.

We forget that in each moment situations and circumstances change, people change, we change, life changes, lessons change, and everything changes. With variables like these, this impermanence in life, we cannot expect very much of what we set out to expect to happen. We simply intend.

Some days, many moments, I believe, are just here to be experienced, free from the expectations of breaking new ground or learning 1.000 new noticeable things. And on these days and in these moments, we’re growing at exactly the rate we’re growing. We’re truly growing.

Vincent, I’ve appreciated your contributions to Tiny Buddha’s new forums. Many thanks, and smiles!