Alpha Tuxedo

It takes audacity to remove all coverings,  still, I trust that the only way to stay loyal to your own authentic self is to expose it.  To reveal it, stripped of all influences, masks, roles, "facades" or "shields" that repress it. Not long ago, I used to keep my soul into the obscure and shades while seeking acceptance, as I craved to belong somewhere. I wanted to fit in, but I was deceived by my own fears. To play a role only to fit in somewhere will not supply the feeling of belonging, of association. Why? Because you really do not belong in that place, you simulate the values, beliefs, etc. to be endorsed. The fear of what others might think, or how they would perceive me, felt like a mental prison. It censored my own beliefs and kept me away from doing the things I really felt like doing.  Live your standards and share your principles. Express your true self, your inner values, your deepest beliefs, bring out your creative side and the rest will calibrate.  You...

Let's go in with a bit of a definition.  A standard is a level of quality, a norm, while an expectation is a belief.  To make it easier to understand, let's exemplify. My standard for breakfast is for this to include scrambled eggs and my expectation is to find scrambled eggs on each restaurant's morning menu. Now, my standards will not always be met, also my expectations. I set my standards and it's up to me to have them met, so if a restaurant will not serve scrambled eggs for breakfast I will look and find one which does. But when it comes to expectations it's important to know how to set them correctly. For instance, it would be wrong of me to expect that a vegan restaurant will serve scrambled eggs on their menu so that is why I need to have this expectation only towards the appropriate types of restaurants. The same approach applies to people, or in relationships. For instance, one of my standards is to receive loyalty, so I will not expect this from people wh...