Patience trains up the longing. Wait, for he waits. Walk on steadfastly that you may reach the end. [God] will not leave that place to which you are moving.

—Augustine, Homilies on 1 John 4.7

Do you see how Augustine uses hope here? It is a sure and certain expectation, not wishful thinking. This, of course, is consistent with how the NT uses the word hope. Do you have hope or wishful thinking?