I haven't seen anyone yet who hasn't been disappointed in his life; most of their disappointments were in the present continuous tense, like bearing that disappointment. But the fact is, for some it's fatal, and for some it's just a mere disappointment. The depth of the impact varies from person to person depending on the situation or so.
Let's keep aside the matter of others. If I were to talk about mine, then the biggest disappointment for me would be taking on responsibilities more than I could chew and making the people suffer along with me. You all must have heard the story of the frog in a pot of boiling water, right? The frog didn't jump when the water was getting hot; it was adapting to the situation. By the time it realised that the temperature was beyond its capability to adapt, it was too late to jump out of the pot. Yeah, I am like that. I was taking on responsibilities one after another, thinking I could manage somehow. This 'managing' mentality kinda fu**ed me, now I'm beyond the scope to escape from these responsibilities, nor being able to fulfil them properly.
"ᵂᵒʳᵈˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵖⁱᶜˢ ᵃʳᵉ ᵐⁱⁿᵉ, ᵘⁿˡᵉˢˢ ᴵ ˢʰᵒᵘᵗᵒᵘᵗ ʷʰᵉʳᵉ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᶜᵃᵐᵉ ᶠʳᵒᵐ!"
As a result of that, I'm suffering a lot along with the people dependent on me. I'm suffering doesn't matter, as I'm the one responsible for the situation, it's bound for me, right? But the people along with me, whom I had promised a few things and took in the journey with me, and not being able to provide properly, what's the fault of them? They are suffering because of me, that's what the biggest disappointment of mine is, that I'm making things worse, not just for me but for the others as well.
How do I rectify this situation?
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength.”
--by Marcus Aurelius
Fortunately, I have immense control over my mind. Sometimes it does get drowned by the signals from the heart, but I mostly stay in the driving seat of my mind, so i dont end up messing up again and can make things better. So as I can't go back to change my decisions, nor can I just drop off the responsibilities from my shoulder, I have no way but to move on and be the version of me to get enough strength to handle the responsibilities, right? Thats what I'm doing. I'm being mentally strong, putting in my hard work, setting my priorities, aligning with the goals, just so I can get enough ability to tackle the reasons that are the root of my disappointments.
So yeah, just like all, I got some serious disappointments as well, and trying my best to vanish the reasons that are responsibile for those disappointments. Hopefully, I will be able to win over the situations pretty soon....