There was a question that dogged me as I traveled and as I looked, as I saw, particularly in the third world countries.

And the question just dogged me and I could not rest until I found an answer, at least for me, satisfactory answer.

The question is this, how come people in the third world countries have less material goods than we do?

They have far less technological gadgets than we do.

How come they have far less of the creature comfort that we have than we do?

And yet, by the same token, and this is really the crux of it, by the same token, they

have less depression, they have less mental illness, they have less insomnia than we do,

they have less nervous breakdowns than we do, they have less worry and anxiety than we do. They have less nervous breakdowns than we do. They have less worry and

anxiety than we do. They have less hypertension than we do. I want to know why. And finally,

I came to a conclusion. Two words. Two words. Unrealistic expectations. That's the difference.

We have far more unrealistic expectations than they do. And to me, that was the only answer

I can come up with. Here's the problem. Unrealistic expectations cuts across the board.

There are some husbands who have unrealistic expectations of their wives.

There are some wives who have unrealistic expectations of their husbands.

There are some parents who have unrealistic expectations of their husbands. There are some parents who have unrealistic expectations of their children.

There are some children who have unrealistic expectations of their parents.

That goes on and on and on between employer, employees,

and between citizens and politicians, on and on and on.

Here's the problem. When unrealistic expectations

go unmet, when unrealistic expectations go unfulfilled, they can leave us confused, discouraged,

depressed, and disheartened. Un Unrealistic expectations causes devastation.

Unrealistic expectations can actually be traumatic.

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