Expectation and Trust: Are They Related or Two Different Feelings in Life

Expectation! You would have seen a lot of people use this term around you. However, what does this word exactly mean? Do you have an idea? If you don’t, no need to be ashamed. No one does. They have an assumption that they do. It is my thought that all of us have an idea on the term. This term “expectation” has such a broader meaning to what our perception is.

Just for starters, I would love to know, if any of you have an idea on how Expectation is different from trust. Are they similar? Or is trust a type of expectation in a more affirmative sense?

If I ask a bunch of people to stand in front of me, they will have one common answer “Trust and Expectation are different”. “Expectation is ‘He/she might/should/would’ and Trust is ‘he/she will’”. It was yesterday only when I was hanging out with couple of my friends, when they said this very thing. However, I was adamant on one point that they are right when they say “Trust is he/she will”, but expectation is something way beyond ‘He/she might/should/would’. For me, expectation is not just hope, but everything related to ‘anticipation and belief’.

Have you ever noticed that whenever a trust is broken, the statement that comes out from the person’s mouth is “You broke my trust! I never expected this from you”. Hope some of you would have heard that. They are not wrong in saying that, as actually both the terms are related. It is our way to percept things that makes them different from one another. Yes, when it comes to the horizon covered by trust, it is limited. It has to be concrete or a belief has to be there for trust to occur. However, expectation can be from anything and it is not limited to any extent. So, trust is expectation, but all expectations are not trust.

Sounds confusing right! However, try to go into the logic behind both the terms, and you will find that they have a relation. Recently, I have found this habit in myself of considering logic behind everything (which I never did or I would have been a better engineer :P). Therefore, when I came across the base meaning of the term trust and expectation, I found that they were similar.

I know some (or all) of you do not agree to the fact, as my statements do not have support with solid examples. It is just an idea (or a logic) that I have for them. Again, when it comes to the common notion, it may be correct too. This is why I am not frowning when people are not agreeing to my point. However, I am looking for more ideas on this area, especially on the term ‘expectation’.

I think, today, I will have to get close to myself to know more about this term.

Hope first people will help me find out the relation between trust and expectation. Then, broaden my idea on the term expectation. Further down the line, I will upload more content on my idea about expectation and what I find out from different people.

Looking forward to comments whenever possible from you guys.