REFLECTION: Surpassing expectations

I know...I know....there's a certain hint of ambiguity to the title of my post; nevertheless am going to self-explore and apply it briefly.

In elementary school, remember how teachers had the opportunity to write to one's parents informing them of the progress that their child was making!! Well, wasn't it particularly satisfying when u found out that the teacher had noted that u were "exceeding expectations"? The perceived notion behind this phrase is that there initially was a reservation that the student was viewed as not being able to even meet the set expectations....

Well, with this concept at the back of one's mind, am inclined to say that it applies to my life a great deal. There's something about striving with surpassing expectations in mind. I feel like having come 24 years far in life, its inevitable for me to engage an attitude of aggression while trying to be successful in different parts of my journey.

And correction, this is more to do with surpassing my own expectations. If am able to be successful in this, I tirelessly need to prove myself wrong. For example, I never thought I would be able to go back to school after having my daughter, but with a lot of pain and hard work, am a few months close to graduating. I really have surpassed my own expectations in the education side of things, and I eventually would love to end up with the "Dr" prefix to my name. There's no such as "overly ambitious" in my world.

Well, am on the way to re-defining myself as a renaissance black woman, through learning that a lot of my reflections, like the theme of this post will push me one step closer to inner satisfaction.

Do you identify with me??? Or not??

M