Hopes, Wishes & Expectations

As humans, it's natural for one to have wishes, hopes and expectations.

When one wishes, one expresses one desires concerning the future or fortune of.
When one hopes, one has a general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled.
When one expects, one has a belief (or mental picture) of the future in confidence of fulfillment.

When one wishes, one still has that happy energetic feeling to make that wish real.
When one hopes, one tries harder to make the hopes come true, yet simultaneously starts to guard oneself on failures and setbacks.
When one expects, one pushes the limit to make the expectations real and somehow feels more content that things will happen.

Being in the middle always feel terrible.
You're not A and you're not yet C. You're still in B.
You've gone pass wishing and yet somehow you can't start to expect.
You're still hoping.

As patience has its limit, so does hope.
When do you stop hoping?
Or maybe you never stop to hope?
When can you stop to hope and start to expect?
Is there such thing as hopeless hope?
Is it logical to be afraid to give hopes to others?

What if we wish something to happen yet are too afraid to hope for it?
If only we were more certain about the future.

Certainty.
It's the bridge between hope and expectation.
When one feel more certain about a desire, one will feel more content.
But isn't life full of uncertainties?
Sometimes that's what makes life so interesting
yet unbearable at the same time.

So, can we at least decrease the level of uncertainties?
I like to think we can.
By making plans, maybe with a Plan B if needed.

At least, by having a plan you'll be more certain on where you're going.
Unless... you're still unsure whether you want to go there or not.
And that my dear, is simply another problem.