Yekke, nobody said he arrived. Nobody pretended to have any idea when he’s going to arrive. And nobody does have an idea when he”ll arrive. What I had a problem with was people being so sure he won’t arrive during the lifetime of that cute little cow on the farm.
I beg to differ with you about keeping our hopes up. It might be easier to sink into cynicism and trudge through Galus mechanically and perfectly performing our duties. The real Chochma is to make our way through Galus knowing every minute of every day that everything can change in an instant. And never losing hope that it will.