Visi Della: Hope and Dream

Hope and Dream

Once I met a girl with no name. She says, "If you must call me by something, we'll say my name is 'hope'."
Puzzled by her response, I ask, "Why?"
She says, "You'll see."

Not another word does she speak, but unfolds my hand and places a small piece of metal in my palm. Carved by a stone is the word 'hope'.

Later on the same day, I met a boy with no home. He says, "I may have no bed to sleep in, but I go to sleep every night, because I'm excited for the next day." And a smile stretches from ear to ear.

He slowly starts to walk away, and I gently say, "What's your name?"
He turns around, and says, "People call me by many things, whether it is bad or good. But you can call me 'Dreamer' and before I can ask why, he's gone.

Three days later, there was an important announcement on the news. A brother and sister were found, side by side in an empty parking lot. Each child had a piece of paper in their hand. On the girl's, sloppy letters that spelled out - "I HOPE that all..." In the boy's hand, the paper reads, "...my DREAMS will one day come true..." Laying there lifeless, both children had smiles glued to their face.

And for the rest of my life... I HOPE that all my DREAMS will one day come true....