Devil's in the details, Cadet! The how is what I've got to figure out. Expectations, hope -- whatever you want to call it -- seems to have a mind of its own.
I think that EXPECTATIONS and HOPE are two different things.
Looking it up I came up with this
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The root of your question is perhaps “how can I have desire, without attaching to it?”. How can we dream, but keep our dreams soft and flexible, so that whatever happens doesn’t agitate us, cause us to suffer, minimize disappointment.