[noun]
Hope:
1, a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.
"he looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information"
synonyms: aspiration, desire, wish, expectation, ambition, aim, goal, plan, design;dream, daydream, pipe dream
"I had high hopes"

2, archaic
a feeling of trust.

verb
1. want something to happen or be the case.
"he's hoping for an offer of compensation"
synonyms: expect, anticipate, look for, be hopeful of, pin one's hopes on, want; wish for, long for, dream of
"he's hoping for a medal"

it depends how you define hope...
for me - just the feeling of just wanting to be happy... the feeling of just wanting to have a content life with fewer pains... that is my hope... desire... want... goal...

to me hope is more of a goal... rather than an expectation of something magical and impractical...