Disappointment is a result of unmet expectations, not measuring of actual performance. If you were expecting one hundred teenagers at a youth event and only fifty showed up, you would probably be disappointed. Never mind that fifty teenagers were positively impacted. The discrepancy between what we hope for and what happens is the “expectation gap.” It’s the feeling the bottom has dropped out from under you, that sinking feeling you get when life isn’t measuring up to what you hoped for. It can happen