No Hope?

A life lived with no hope is a peaceful, joyous and compassionate life.  As long as we identify with this mind and body -- and we all do -- we hope for things that we think will take care of them. We hope for success, we hope for health, and we hope for enlightenment. All hope is, of course, about sizing up the past and projecting it into the future. 
                                                                              Everyday Zen 
                                                                         by Charlotte Joko Beck
(We really need to pay attention to what our hopes are about)