Expectations VS Reality

This is the most faced situation whether it be a day-to-day scenario or life-changing decisions. Some say our goals should be reality-oriented and according to others' expectations are to be kept high otherwise we end up unsatisfied.

First, let's discuss Expectations

While expectations are hope-based and mostly a result of self-determination which can sometimes turn out to be favorable as we have had many past events of people achieving goals against all odds solely based on their willpower. 

It's in our human nature to have a high moral belief regarding our own abilities & sometimes overestimated capabilities turn out to be disastrous not only for us but putting others' futures in japery too. 

Now let's ponder upon reality

Reality kinda sucks mostly and we always find our satisfaction in what we don't have, jokes apart reality is what it is as it is, there is no up or downside to it. Decisions that are based on reality are mostly experience-based on where people find answers through solutions that turned out to be helpful in similar problems faced in the past. They bet their chances on probability bases, cutting off all emotional sides regarding the matter. 

But one thing history has taught us is that we are bound to experience fresh problems one has never faced before, and if we focus too much on reality, then most of us will live the same life.

Comparison

The word comparison itself sounds foolish, as decisions are not as binary options 0/1, they are more complicated than that. There's always the influence of both expectations and reality. While reality providing with a stable mind and expectations give us the courage to outperform ourselves. Both are the opposite edges of the same sharp knife. If one doesn't know how to handle the knife, doesn't matter which side falls on you, it will have the same impact.