What are you expecting?   A confident expectation that good things will happen is hope.  We all need hope.  Despair is the opposite.  You are expecting bad things to happen.   

There will be times when things don’t go right.  There will be adversity in our lives.  We need to set our sights on God and expect Him to lead us through these trials in life.

We need to be like the psalmist David and speak to our souls, “Why am I so overwrought?   Why am I so disturbed?  Why can’t I just hope in God?  Despite all my emotions, I will believe and praise the One
who saves me and is my life.”  Psalm 42:5