Expectations or Hope, part II

It seems like I've seen a lot of examples of hope moving into expectation moving into disappointment:

• a pregnancy ends in miscarriage
• an encouraging interview is followed up by someone else getting the job
• an offer on a house ends with a rejection by the mortgage company
• a broken engagement

In all these cases the pain of dashed expectations is worse than never having the expectation in the first place.

But still, there remains hope for, someday, a baby, job, house, or love.