Sometimes your belief system is really your fears attached to rules.

Expectations are nothing more than the rules we set, in order to maintain our ego and self esteem. What we seek from others is often that fulfillment of what we believe we require for happiness. However, many of us will raise the requirements so high that we can't even reach them or better yet, realize that we could find that expectation met by our own introspection and action.

If you put yourself in the emotion that you want from others, you are more likely to receive it.

When what you value and dream about doesn’t match the life you are living, you have pain.

If he loves you he will meet your effort.

Set the standards for what you expect of people and the correct ones will join your cause.

Choosing a mate is not a matter of can they do the job, rather will they. A partner of "potential" doesn't make for a happy marriage. Their actions have to be in line with your needs.

That was the problem with love. It never happened on your terms, it happened on theirs.

Why would anyone want perfection when growth comes from flaws?