Simultaneously, expectations can be met and hopes disappointed. Expectations are often confused with hopes. Many people believe that positive thinking — that is, having high expectations, not merely high hopes — is necessary to have hopes realised. There is nothing necessary about it, and it often has the opposite of the desired effect.
When expectations are not met, it is due to poor reasoning. Whereas when both expectations and hopes are not realised, then it is merely due to lack of effort and time or size of obstacles. It means that one’s interpretation of the world is not brought into question, only what they should do in it. Hopes can be shaped by expectations, but neither need replace the other.