{"id":511,"date":"2012-10-07T16:06:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T23:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=511"},"modified":"2012-10-24T23:17:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T06:17:00","slug":"great-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=511","title":{"rendered":"Great Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>I got to thinking about expectations. Some of us have these great expectations not only for ourselves, but for others. And I would argue that expectations are good, but can also be defeating. I stumbled across this quote recently that sums it up: \u201cSometimes we expect more from others because we would be willing to do that much for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is something I\u2019ve always had an issue with. I\u2019ve always hoped that people will treat me with the utmost respect and loyalty, as I do the same. But that isn\u2019t always the case. And that\u2019s difficult for me to understand. I would be willing to do anything for those I hold dear to my heart. So why wouldn\u2019t they do the same? It breaks my heart that they wouldn\u2019t. And it\u2019s something that I\u2019m sure I will never be able to fathom or accept. Honestly, part of me wouldn\u2019t even want to. I will always be loyal and faithful to those I love; and I\u2019d hope that they would do the same for me. Isn\u2019t that what we all want? So let\u2019s go do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got to thinking about expectations. Some of us have these great expectations not only for ourselves, but for others. And I would argue that expectations are good, but can also be defeating. I stumbled across this quote recently that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=511\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}