Expectations vs. Reality

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

When things don't go the way we expect, it's hard not to be frustrated and disappointed. How do we move on after unmet expectations? And how do we break the vicious cycle?

Today, Fr. Mike tells us how to keep it real.

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0:00.0	How many times we have the expectation?
0:01.6	Okay, this is what's going to happen.
0:02.6	Maybe because they even said,
0:04.0	maybe someone even agreed,
0:05.1	hey, I will do X, Y, and Z for you.
0:06.5	And you're like, great, that's my expectation.
0:08.0	And then again and again, again and again,
0:10.0	reality reveals itself to be something
0:12.3	other than what I expected.
0:13.7	My name's Father Mike Schmitz,
0:14.7	and this is a sense of presence.
0:16.0	So back in the day,
0:17.0	my first job that I had,
0:18.2	like my first official job,
0:19.3	like I had a couple unofficial jobs,
0:20.6	you know, where I had mowed lawns
0:22.0	or I'd work on on a farm kind of a situation,
0:24.2	they were telling you this.
0:25.5	There were no W2 forms involved,
0:27.5	or any I-9 forms involved in working on the farm
0:30.6	or in mowing people's lawn.
0:31.9	My first official job was at a candy store.
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