Hope

Hope is considering something a possible situation, combined with a desire for it. It may vary from something minor to longlasting hope for something big.

Examples include:

hoping to get some object, or a job, or to get rich
hoping for oneself or somebody else to get cured
hoping to meet somebody (again)
hoping to catch a train
being in love, hoping that this is reciprocal
very general: hoping to get happy
hoping for eternal life

Christian theology considers the hope for eternal life to be a virtue because it glorifies God, and this glorification is said to be the only purpose of anything in the Universe. See also Virtue

Hope is the only spirit that remained in Pandora's Box (actually a jar) when all the evils where taken out and obviously Pandora let it out as well.

There are also some places named Hope:

Hope, England (in Derbyshire)
Hope, British Columbia
Hope, Arkansas (the birthplace of Bill Clinton)
Hope, Maine
Hope, Michigan
Hope, North Dakota
Hope, Rhode Island

Hope is also in use as an English surname. Celebrities with the name include Bob Hope.

The Hope Diamond is a famous blue diamond, supposed to be cursed. The "curse" is generally considered pseudoscience -- an urban legend.

There is also Hope programming language.