Room for the Hopeful

We're always told to have hope and have confidence, but that really the best way to think?
Ok....so it's good to be optimistic....(at least most of the time).
But.....maybe being pessimistic sometimes can make you even happier.
When you expect the worse, you always get a bigger, better suprise.
Isn't that better than expecting a lot and getting very little...even if what you got might not be good at all.
When you expect the worse, you always get something better.
When you have high hopes, you always get something worse.
*sigh* Life.....