I see what you are doing with Hope, it is not a bad thing. I think Hope is actually not a terribly good thing here, unless you can limit your expectations AND still have Hope...which I found impossible. Faith however...I have Faith in my wife and I, faith that we we be better people for this, even if we are no longer together.
Put the bad days and things that happen behind you, that is the past, it was yesterday or an hour ago.
However,
You will have to do this with the good things as well.
Do not dwell on either the bad or the good, mourn the bad and move on, enjoy the good and move on, the good...you can always have pleasant memories of, but do not get expecations from them.
How are you doing for yourself, and what are you doing for yourself and your D to PMA and GAL (positive mental attitude) and (Get a Life)...yeah silly but everyone uses them.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK
