Quote Originally Posted by Kalinoche the Child View Post
i first came across the phrase '' to keep your disposition shiny keep your expectations tiny'' in a post of yours. aren't expectations and beliefs the same thing?
I think of “innocence” as being a lack of experience. As you accumulate experiences, you begin to have expectations for the way things will turn out. Depending on what kind of experiences you have had, you might begin to expect either bad or good.

I think that “beliefs” are separate from expectations. You might have experienced a lot of bad, but still remain hopeful because you believe that people are intrinsically good.


*EDIT*
Oh, and that phrase was just something I made up to entertain an IEE-Ne, who was complaining that everything she did was stymied by idiots.
I actually have very high expectations for myself, although I don’t always meet them.