A close relative of "we'll see" - the phrase "don't get your hopes up" seems to always portend a bad result. It doesn't matter if you're talking about whether the cute guy across the room is straight or whether you're likely to win the lottery. Odds are when someone says "don't get your hopes up" whatever you're hoping for isn't going to come your way.
If I had a dollar every time this came true for me I'd be rich and I wouldn't worry about hopes. But, alas, I'm not rich and I am worried about hopes. I hope I get a raise this summer, I hope that my friends come to my party on Saturday, I hope that I get the house I am bidding on, I hope I will find happily ever after. I hope, I hope, I hope.
The thing that bothers me about hope is that it suggests that everything is all in the hands of fate. That all you are left to do is hope. There is nothing else you can do to forward your dream but - hope. There are always things you can do - raise your visibility at work, ask for the raise, invite more friends to the party, etc. Those are things you can do to make your karmic odds better and make it more likely that your hopes will be realized (granted none of these are guarantees).
As for the house and eternal happiness - well, hope wasn't enough. I will need to figure out what I can do to help my karmic odds on that one.
Take care, dear reader.
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a counter offer might help your karmic odds of getting the house. :)
It seems highly unlikely since they didn't come down a single penny.
oh. :(
BTW dont give in to the funk, there will be other houses and straight men.
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