Expectations

Why do we have expectations?? Why does it hurt when they are not met ?? Then why do we always have them....!! Its a vicious cycle. Everyone expects something from someone. I am yet to meet a person who has no expectations what so ever! But yes there is one good thing that not everyone has the same level of expectations. People tend to hurt themselves due to these. So the question is why do we have them in the first place. This is something to do with human psychology. Every individual is here dependent on someone or the other for some reason. No one in this world can function independently. What I mean is every person has a reason to be dependent; a boss on his subordinates for work completion, husband on wife (and vice versa) for household chores and or emotional support so on and so forth...and hence we kind of expect from the people around whom we are dependent on for things which may not be as important to them. Now when the expectations are high the person will not be happy as they are never met, or if  expectations are from wrong person, eventually the level of well being deteriorates. The best way to cope up is not to have many expectations and do our duties happily. Having minimal expectations from others will not only keep us from being unhappy, it also reduces the 'load' on persons struggling to keep up to them. Doing our duties happily and willfully (with no or minimum expectations from others) as an employee or boss or husband or wife or sibling will make us a lot better and this world a better place with one less thing to crib about - EXPECTATIONS :)