To have thought without emotion is like placing a seed on a cement brick and expecting it to grow. From a young age we were taught to not count our chickens before they hatch for fear that we may become disappointed with the final result.
This type of conditioning is what we must let go of. We must "become like children again" as Jesus put it, if were ever to fully experience life here on planet earth. We must begin again to allow ourselves to daydream. We must connect our thought with the emotion it would bring and begin again to hope for the best. Its true that things may not happen how you believe they would so don't be surprised, but hold on long enough and believe that what you ask for is already yours and I assure you it will be given to you.
To your inner child-
Will Braga