I'm a optimistic person by nature, but I've come to the conclusion that having hope is a heavy burden to carry. Its a disappointment waiting to happen.
Thoughts on hope, expectations and the quote below?
I think there's a place for hope and determination. Look at the kfc guy, he had many people push him away with the recipe of his chicken, until one person said yes. I think it's good to have that balance to have enough hope to move forward and enough determination to see it through. Overall I'd say that hope is important to carry but I agree, putting too much weight on hope can leave you empty handed. It needs to be balanced out with other things. For example, you can have home that you will meet someone someday but only stay inside of your house your whole life without going outside, you can hope with the purest of hopes for every day but the odds that a person will come that you are looking for are slim. But if you hope coupled with going out to meet people in public places then hope works for you instead of against you. It's also another thing to hope that you can get a job with the mob. I think hope needs to be placed with good realistic goals. Now realistic meaning i'd hope to open a bakery in my town that has no property space available and I have no money to start it. That does not mean that the hope has no realism, it simply has a starting point. It's all about giving hope the room to grow but guiding your hopes and dreams so they can be realized rather than to unrealistic to give birth. Another thing though... Let's use holograms. In the 1920s let's say you tell this to a person, what do you think they would say to you? Just because a hope or dream does not make sense does not mean we completely dismiss it either
Hope keeps the heart up. You either have hope or no hope. So if you have no hope no expectations and you face someone who has high hope and expectation then you will lose if both are skilled and the same level. Whoever wants it more will overcome the less hungry
Hope and expectations aren't the same though. Plus, life doesn't stop just because you keep getting disappointed so you either suck it up and keep moving, or give up and be stuck where you are.
Someone once quoted "Work towards the result. Hope is just fuel." Expectation is a one side thing, and hope works on effort from both sides. I can't explain it properly, but there's only a tiny bit difference. Personally, the quote in the question is my type of ethics.
@katjmj I'd rather put it this way: I agree that you shouldn't expect anything from anyone. But the thing about expectations *always* lead to disappointments isn't true in my opinion. Rare cases work out the way you want them to be, if you had any expectations at all.
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