Dealing with disappointment 26 Articles

by Diane Stacey

Disappointment seems to be one of the hardest parts of life. To know true joy, we have to experience disappointment. Without that balance, we wouldn't know what it means to feel alive. I believe that we have to feel the ba...read more

by Amy Birdwell

I can't remember not knowing the phrase, "Life isn't fair." My parents constantly reinforced the principles of this philosophy. If they refused a request of mine, I was taught not to question why, but rather to respect t...read more

by Duncan Kelly

Sometimes things just don't work out the way we hoped. Finances are low, family is fighting or grumpy, and our efforts at improving our situation are not succeeding. We go to the postbox hoping to get a letter with good ne...read more

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by Candy Jules

No one likes to feel disappointment, it's like being let down, either by yourself, or by others. It's almost like a dream going right down the drain. Sometimes we set ourselves up, to let ourselves down. Wanting more than ...read more

by Wendy Bradley

The fear of disappointment is a powerful life control mechanism. The problem to be recognised is that the first time most of us feel disappointment is when we're young and we're so easily cut to the quick. We then co...read more

by April Ramos

I have had a lot of disappointment in my life. I seem to take it hard every time. I believe the reason some of us take it hard is because we feel like failures. Some of us question ourselves, and wonder am I good enough? W...read more

by Donald Hancock

Something You Will Have When You Need It. "My, my, my! What kind of dumplin's is this?" Got green specks in em! Ain't goin' to like nothin' that ain't the way they's sposed to be - and dumplin's is sposed to be white!" ...read more

by Steven La Force

THE UNBREAKABLE HEART, What does it mean to have a heart that cannot be broken? Can a person become emotionally indestructible? Is this state of being even possible? Firstly we must sort out the true meani...read more

by BT Cassidy

Life is hard and we've all got high expectations that we all sometimes fall short of. My Name is BT Cassidy and you've only got yourself to blame for any disappointments. The world is different to that of twenty years a...read more

by Alison Doane-Lentine

I am currently in the hospital, recovering from major surgery. I have had many complications following the surgery including blood clots, a heart murmur, high blood pressure, swelling...every day there is a new complicatio...read more

by Judy Merrill

Life is full of disappointments. These are the stepping stones to our creativity. As we create our lives in spirituality, the approach to our disappointments will be lessened. The lessons of spirituality teach us to rel...read more

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by Susan Kleinhans

The degree of disappointment varies from event to event and from person to person. People and animals both deal with disappointment. I see the look of extreme excitement when I look at a hungry dog. The dog knows that I...read more

by Bishop Scott

In today's segment, we discuss a subject matter of a very important nature; "damaged goods". What exactly is damaged goods, one might ask. Well, in the normal context of that phase, it is a product that just does not fun...read more

by Bonnie Moss

Disappointment is so much a part of life. Some are more difficult to deal with than others. Some are rehashed over and over and over. Disappointment can hit you when you least expect it. You feel let down, it make...read more

by Nav Pab

In Sikhism Nanak says that Pains, sorrows and troubles connect us to God. So they should not be considered as something bad. Its my own experience in life....Hardships makes us strong.Just remember God.I have got only one ...read more

by S Marie deFerbrache

The law of polarity can help us all deal with disappointments in our life. Yes, I know, it's easier said than done. However, if a person practices eventually it will become second nature. The law of polarity is basica...read more

by Jacqueline Barlow

Dealing with disappointment is not always easy. But we must find it within ourselves to be grateful for the place in which we find ourselves. When we can be grateful for everything, it opens a whole realm of possibility ...read more

by Benigno Jr Caoibes

We are called to entrust our lives completely to our providential God. As the Psalmist tell us: "Nay rather, I have stilled and quieted my soul like a weaned child. Like a weaned child on its mother's lap" (Psalm 121;2)...read more

by ANTHNOBLE

Dealing with disappointment is not easy.We've all gone through difficult times in our lifes and we all have been disappointed one way or another! You can't avoid that.Life has its ups and downs! And all its part of the lea...read more

by Myrna Writewood

Dealing with disappointment, for what would life be without them, we wouldn't get our feelings hurt. It's how we deal with those nagging disappointments, and where our actions take us. We can get mad or negative about t...read more