Hopeful

There's a saying people like to say when facing the unexpected: "Hope for the best, expect the worst" Well it's been my study that this idea is severely difficult if not impossible. I don't see how it is possible to hope for something and yet not really believe it's going to happen. Or shall I say, that one's hope isn't all that hopeful. At least for me, any traces of hope do not allow me to expect the worst, in fact that seems counter productive. Not to mention to always expect the worst must make you a very unhappy person and would prevent you from experiencing many wonderful things. I am aware and have experienced that being hopeful equally leads to utter disappointment when things do not go your way. But for me this is the lesser of two evils, because disappointment with time will disappear, and no one can be wrong all the time.