Hope as a bottom line...

We are feeling creatures. There is no way around that. Even ascetics have feelings. we must learn to work with our feelings.

Decisions lead to, provide us some control over our feelings. If we don't like the feelings, hope also generates feelings...remain hopeful in your decisions that desirable feelings may be experienced.

Yes, I know, this is peculiarly vague...one particular context for this is the desire for "spiritual" experiences. Some people want them, but don't get them and then say religion, or at least they form they were attempting is "not for them." Cutting to the chase with the assumption that there is truth, hope must in those cases generate the necessary motivating feelings and satisfaction can be found in a variety of other bounded entertainments.