Is it possible to hope without expectation? Right now, I can do one of two things: I can hope for an unlikely outcome, but the expectation of not seeing it come to pass will be heartbreaking; or I could take this hope to the backyard, drive a sword through it and come back in with my expectations tidily managed and be superficially a lot happier. Or maybe there's a third way. Maybe that third way is to hope without expectation, to keep looking up at heaven without looking around for a change.
