A lot in the news about students not getting the grades they expected. A lot of focus has been on the results, but I started to think about the expectation and where it had come from. So many seem to have not kust hoped for the best, but expected the best.
Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
Maya Angelou
I remember waiting for my results. I had to go to the post office to get them before delivery rounds started because I was going on holiday. It was nervous times – you really feel your whole world depends on it.
I have never been in favour of exams as a way to judge people – some of the most successful people I know were failures at exams. But this is the world we live in.
I did start to think about the current situation and expectations. “When will we get back to normal?” Are we just hoping, or expecting. What about the rest of the saying?
I have a hope and an expectation.
That’s why I don’t think there’s any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times. The created world itself can hardly wait for what’s coming next. Everything in creation is being more or less held back. God reins it in until both creation and all the creatures are ready and can be released at the same moment into the glorious times ahead. Meanwhile, the joyful anticipation deepens.