Beliefs vis-a-vis Expectations

An Expectation in respect of the future always is rooted in some already available information or knowledge that, ideally, objectively is true. In this respect, note truth is not tantamount to fact. ‘Mr. A shot Mr. B’ does not, in of itself connote murder. Many Mr. A’s (ordinary citizens, not policemen or soldiers) have, rightly so, been absolved in Court of any wrongdoing whatsoever in shootings of many Mr. B’s.

But then, I digress.

When parents enroll their children in school, it is with the expectation that they acquire self awareness, ability, skills, and expertise that transforms them into well rounded individuals who, having satisfied society’s conditions, have acquired the right to earn a living. This expectation is built on objective evidence, evinced in lives of parents and others, that formal education does indeed enable self awareness, ability, skills, and expertise.

Ideally, whenever a man proposes marriage to a woman, the proposal is built on the expectation that, together, the two generate synergies, such that with the return to partnership in marriage denoted by r, rather than being 1+1=2 while they as yet remain apart, together, (1+r)(1+r) generates [2+2r+r^2]>2. The basis of the expectation? In context of a seeking out of each other, knowledge gleaned of each other in context of friendship and courtship; or…