And remember also what Paul wrote here:Few people lose hope. Usually, they just lose perspective.
"If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable." I Cor 15:19
Hope is what some people do have in this material world, but what is the maximum duration of that hope if it is indeed a worthwhile hope? Do we expect 70 years or 120 years? How many for assorted reasons fail to achieve either of those marks?