A month ago, I wrote this passage and thought I'd share it here. I wrote this reflection after reading a book that really encouraged me. The book was about suffering within a particular context, but I considered how what the author was talking about might apply to me and these were the thoughts I wrote down at the time... I think that we go through something similar to grief when we realize that our lives, families, or marriages differ significantly from what we expected and/or desired. So, how do we deal with disappointed expectations? Can we deal with them the same way that we deal with grief? First, we’re confused. Why isn’t life the way I expected it to be? Next, we’re hurt. Either our spouse, family, or God isn’t loving us the way we hoped to be loved. Or they aren’t loving each other the way we hoped for. Then, anger. It has to be someone’s fault. So, who’s is it? Then on to guilt. It’s all my fault....