Something New Begins

After an ending, or a loss...
Something new starts, or takes its place.
The wheel of fortune.
We can't forever be fortunate, and
We can't forever be unfortunate
The wheel turns. As the world turns.
Either we're on an upturn, or
A downturn, but the wheel keeps turning.
When it's night for us, it's daytime for someone else
When it's daytime for us, it's night for someone else.
When it's winter for some, it's summer for the other side of the world.
When winter comes, summer comes.
It balances out. It does. In the strangest ways.
Changes are still happening. As stubborn as I am.
As much as I want to and think I need to cling to the old ways.
They weren't working for me. I can admit that.
I can admit my faults and weaknesses.
I won't pretend that I don't have any. I'm not perfect. I never will be.
But why do some people have great expectations of me?
Why do they get mad at me when I fail to meet these great expectations?
Are they crazy? Or am I? For accepting the challenge...
Maybe they know that I'll push myself. Even beyond my means.
Beyond my capabilities just to prove that I can do what they thought I could not.
I know that I shouldn't. I know it's too hard.
The more I do it, the more I'm expected to do it.
The more I'm expected to do it, the more I do it.
There's no need to have such high expectations of anyone.
There's no need to have such high expectations of ourselves.
Why do we feel the need to prove anything? To anyone?
There is NO NEED.
We give our power away when we don't distinguish between needs and desires.