When people are excessively hopeful about the future events, they consciously deny their own power in the present, even though control is a very important part of their unconscious intent. Wearing blinders, they deny their underlying fears and refuse to take on responsibility for their own happiness.
Hopeful, no matter what, these people glorify their powerlessness as if it were a virtue. They act as if God will watch over the weak and naïve. Seeming to look to future rewards, excessively hopeful characters remain secretly preoccupied with the past, pretending that childhood is never outgrown and that they will always be watched over.
These folks range widely from pseudo-compliant adults, always trying hard to be good children, to shamelessly reckless, righteous reformers bend on ultimate victory over the oppressive parents of the world. In the long run it doesn’t much matter. The price for the protection these defenses offer is the limitation of personal and spiritual growth.
If we expect good fortune to take care of things, we are unlikely to take good care of ourselves.