You know, to be honest... I don't think it's that harmful to have just a little hope... To me, its more or less that I haven't given up on "love" which is reassuring... and it doesn't leave me bitter and angry.
Of course, I don't mean to like continue hoping and focusing on it. Never rely on hope... Put it on the back burner and it will eventually simmer away. For instance, right now I still have a tiny bit of hope but its not bringing me down because I hardly think about it and if I do, I just turn my attention to something else...
If that makes sense. Hope is not all bad depending on the extremity of it... if I am wording it correctly...