[dis-uh-point] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used with object) | 1. | to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us. |
| 2. | to defeat the fulfillment of (hopes, plans, etc.); thwart; frustrate: to be disappointed in love. |
The word of my day.
or week.
This dictionary definition seems so simple. Just another thing that you may run across in your life, another word. It's the feeling that says it all, when it's crushing down on you from all directions in every possible sense. That's when it hurts.
Merideth Grey's mother showed disappointment last night on Grey's Anatomy. How did she handle it? Anger. Lots of anger.
Half of the United States will be disappointed on Sunday, when the team they are rooting for in the Super Bowl loses, it's a 50/50 gamble for disappointment. How will they handle it? Drinking maybe. Maybe they will just go to bed and sleep it off, there is no way of knowing. The players will be disappointed in to $40,000 checks coming to their mansion when they know the other team is getting $75,000.
Different things disappoint different people, that is the point. Different people take disappointment differently.
Apparently I curl into my hovel of self and get depressed.
I feel as though disappointment ran my life this week. I promise things I can't live up to, causing disappointment to others. People I know continually disappoint me in their actions choices and the amount of love they are capable of.
I hate disappointment. Until it is felt, it has no meaning, it's just a word. You can say it in fifty languages and have nobody understand, but you can throw it at them in an emotional torrent and suddenly they understand. décevoir, zklamat, skuffe, teleurstellen, enttäuschen...they all mean one thing.
Actions do speak louder than words folks, and it's about time to realize that, before you feel the power of disappointment.
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