I'm exactly half way through my book group book that I've been reading these last 3 weeks, and have just two nights more before I have to give it back - it's not looking likely I'll make it, is it? Which is a shame as there are more nuggets of wisdom -last night I found helpful a discussion on disappointment, which is generally considered a bad thing. Yet the focus of the novel suggests, without disappointment, how would we discover what we expected and hoped for? Certainly I've occasionally used disappointment as a guide to what I really want - when trying to chose between two things, get someone else to tell you which one you should do and then gauge from your reaction if you're disappointed and if so you can then choose the other. Tempting as it might sound, imagine a life without disappointment - "how would it be to lead a life that banished every long, bold expectation, a life where there were only banal expectations like 'the bus is coming?'" (Night Train to Lisbon, Pascal Mercier, p224)
Today I might get chance to look more at where I'm still struggling with disappointments - am going to see my wise friend's new home - I say new but she's been there a little while now. We shall lunch and put the world to rights, or maybe just enjoy being together :D
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