People are a special creatures that very easily detest disappointment. Whenever somebody disappoint someone, he immediately become furious and revengeful. But it has come to my understanding that, disappointment can be unpleasant and sometimes pleasant. The later which you will be wondering how it could be possible. Yes indeed, disappointment can be pleasant. Let me give you a scenario that will make you search into the history of your life to come out with similar experiences that you were disappointed and afterwards the disappointment proved to be useful.
About three to four years back in Kano, there were two friend. One of them was endowed with the gifting of composing songs. The other is blessed with the knack of singing songs. They teamed up together and started sending signals of their gifts in the sub-part of the Hausa Film Industry. Everything was moving well but the one who was singing the sons was the one who benefit better than the song writer. But this does not make the composer to be envious about the way things were going even though it was clear to him it was his friend who was making all the money and enjoying the publicity. Because at that moment he was rich and famous. The song writer was contented and grateful with his fair share of their ceativity.
One day, the song writer composed a song that he intended to to sing it by himself. When his friend learned that there was a new song, he demanded that he wanted to sing it. Hiss friend told him that he should leave it to him because he wants it to be the first song that he should ever sing. But what happened later was that, the one who used to sing the songs went behind his friend's back and stole the song and eventually sang and released it without the knowledge of his trusted friend.
When the composer learned that he has been disappointed by his friend, he immediately broke their partnership and they went separate ways. Unknown to him that he is multi-gifted, he continue composing songs and began singing them himself. He was soon accepted by the audience and his star started shining. In a little while, he became very rich and famous too. People thought that he was not only on an equal footing with his friend but he has creatively dethroned him.
Almost a similar case happened to me. I have a friend whom we share a lot in common. We decided to come together and work on a project. He took care of the handiwork while I took care of the networking and the modalities. The day he promised to finish his line of work came and he didn't finish it. In fact on three several occasions, he made and broke promises.
At the last time when I met him and he asked to be given more time, I left him feeling hugely disappointed. I religiously went to work. I was amazed at the concentration and the speed I inserted into the project. What I was able to do in five months, I was able to do in six days. Yes, you heard me right. I was able to finish in six days what I used to do in five months. Remember, this was the result of disappointment.
From now on, when you are in the midst of social encounters and someone you trust disappoint you, don't allow anger and the desire to revenge to cloud your reason and prevent your benefiting from the experience of disappointment. If you play your cards right, the disappointment can be a PLEASANT DISAPPOINTMENT.
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