expectations – James Ballantyne

Embrace your authenticity, to give something more.

Mar 16, 2025

care, expectations, life, love, soul, truth

Embrace your authenticity, to give something more.

Strive for authenticity over perfection, focusing on heartfelt actions rather than arbitrary expectations, as true value lies in genuine intent.

There are no shortcuts.

Mar 2, 2024

Emotions, Healing, Journey

expectations, Healing, love, self-copmpassion, self-love, Time

I had expectations for today. Last Saturday I was working, today I am not. When I was out walking during the week I was talking to a dog walker who was telling me about the Otters in Darlington on the main Skerne river, saying that the best time to see them was in the mornings.…

The tiring, futility of trying to be good.

Apr 21, 2023

Emotions, Journey, Self awareness, Therapy, Trauma

compliance, Courage, Emotional abuse, expectations, Freedom, goodness, life, narcissm, Psychopathy

The tiring, futility of trying to be good.

On trying to maintain being good.

Realising…Its My Life

Mar 9, 2023

Emotions, Healing, Journey, Self awareness

abuse, codependency, expectations, fear, life, Rules

I thought to myself today I am loving my life. I am living my life. Even on a wet sleety, snowy day in the North East of England. Then I realised. If I am living my life now… Whose life was I living before? When I lived according to what expectations were placed upon me……