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Your friend who is meeting you on Friday or Saturday cancels on you at the last minute. The successful project you completed at work was not appreciated. One of your best friends totally forgets your birthday. Or, maybe you came in second in a competition. Have any of these things ever happened to you?
Join the club. It would be rare if you had never experienced these and countless other forms of disappointment.
Let me share a personal example of disappointment. I had a recent birthday and got a gift that a family member sent to me. It was a fountain that was perfect for my office. I got batteries, filled the reservoir with water, and turned on the little switch hidden in the back.
In anticipation, I waited for cascading water to dance over the river rocks. And waited. And waited some more. But not........