Mediocre Expectations
I'm not sure what Charles Dickens had in mind when he titled the great work about young Pip, the kid with his whole life ahead of him, but "Great Expectations" doesn't seem to fit. Maybe should have been entitled "Huge Disappointments". I mean, have you read that book?? What the heck was Chuck thinkin?? That kid had more bad luck than Juan Pablo Montoya trying to make it in Nascar. It was actually pretty ugly! Perhaps Dickens was making assumptions about the way a 6 year old boy looks at the world. Everything in life is out in front of you, there isn't much behind you. Experience is extremely limited, so the way we look at and tackle life is largely theoretical. We tended to look at things very idealistically, and sometimes downright unrealistically. Just remember the way we built things up in our mind before they actually happened. This is going to be the best (or worst) _________ ever! Youthful idealism can be your best friend or worst ene