HOPE.........is it good or bad?

In my research into the truth of the ancients, I've found that it is stated that hope is to outer life what faith is to inner: a grasping at belief not truly believing, having your hand out, begging or arrogantly expecting. These attitudes come from the ego, and they prevent the universe or God (if you will) from being able to give it's gifts freely. There is nothing to hope for if everything already is, you just have to come into resonance with what it is you wish to manifest, BE IT FIRST!