One thing I've come to understand about disappointment is that it happens to everyone, but it happens mostly to a person when they place high hopes on someone or something they are expecting. Yes, it happens less to people who do not have expectations of someone or something. I am human, and being expectant is something that is naturally within us as humans, only that we try our best to limit it. In the religious world, being expectant is part of faith's description, so you see that we can't do without it? This is why most religious people feel disappointed when they pray to God and do not receive an answer.
I have been disappointed many times, and I will also get disappointed more in times to come. Yes, it's like that.
When I was in school, we had the tradition of looking out for friends, writing attendance for a friend when they were not around, and writing tests and assignments for friends whenever they were absent. I did this for my friends a lot, and they did the same for me, but one day, things changed.
One day, I went to the bank to make a payment, and upon returning to school, I met my classmates running towards the lecturer, who was leaving, to submit a paper. When I asked what was happening, I was told that the lecturer had given an impromptu test. I did not feel bothered because my friends were in school, and I was sure they had found a way to write for me, especially since the class was rowdy, which indicated that there was no strict supervision during the test. But upon getting to my friends, none of them had written for me. I couldn't believe my eyes and ears. They all said they thought I was around, and besides, the hall was rowdy, and the time for the test was very short. I just sighed and left the scene. I was disappointed in them because I always found a way to do it for them no matter how tough the situation was. I just let things be and hoped that the lecturer would not use the scores for continuous assessment because that's what most lecturers do—they only give impromptu tests to instill fear in students, which makes them more serious.
I, too, have disappointed people many times, and to be very sincere, most of those instances happened unintentionally and were due to circumstances beyond my control.
Sometime in the last two years, I once promised my younger sister to top up the money she had so she could get a phone. When the time came, I was financially down, and I could not just borrow more because I had already borrowed from friends. I failed to come through for her, I disappointed her at that moment. I felt bad, though, but there was nothing I could do.
The good thing is that when I was finally financially stable, I sent the money to her just to fulfill my promise, even though the time had passed.
