ALWAYS HAVE HOPE...

I hope that I will always be for each person

what he or she needs me to be.

I hope that each person's death will diminish me,

but that fear of my own will never diminish my joy of life.

I hope that my love for those whom I like will never lessen

my love for those whom I do not.

I hope that another person's love for me will never

be a measure of my love for him or her.

I hope that everybody will accept me as I am,

but that I never will.

I hope that I will always ask for forgiveness from others,

but will never need to be asked for my own . . .

I hope that I will always recognize my limitations,

but that I will construct none.

I hope that loving will always be my goal,

but that love will never be my idol.

I hope that everyone will always have hope.