Expectations

Expectation is Hope Alive. That means when you are not being expectant you are hopeless and when you are hopeless you are helpless. This is because whatever you don't expect, you can't experience. The door doesn't close on a man with expectations. Know that things expected have not happened does not mean they will not happen, delay is not denial.

A soldier loses a battle yet fights again.
A football team loses in matches yet plays again.
What about boxers? They have comebacks.

When you look back and it seems there's nothing good the year has brought for you, encourage yourself for a living dog is better than a dead lion.