The Curse of Expectations
They say, work without expectation of the reward, Accept the circumstances as it is, However, would you do the work for which you never got any recognition? Or would you leave it? Or would you struggle with it till the very end? Would you accept that it won’t work out, but do it anyway? Or would you just do it, because it makes you happy? Reward is what motivates a human, That is the brain’s default wiring, How can you expect one to go on without the carrot? How to be okay if it doesn’t work out? Will you walk on path if you knew the end was bad? Accept the struggle, but struggle anyway? Acceptance sounds sweet, but is in fact a bitter drink, The questions are many, and the answer is blurry, For until you walk on the path, The answer is never clear, For we are bad judges of what will make us happy, It is only w...