The Red Ribbon: A Story of Hope

For too long, too many people have been looking in the wrong places for a solution to the drug problem. The problems with drugs is not too many kids on drugs: it's too many kids without hope. Short of giving life, giving hope is the greatest gift a persona can give. It's simple to do. We've just forgotten how. This is what this story is all about. Excerpt from the book: A tiny girl stepped forward from the crowd , and reaching out her little hands, lifted the sagging red ribbon high above her head. Without a word she and the young boy turned and carried the ribbon forward. Now everyone understood. One by one, the people of the kingdom stepped forward to take their share of the ribbon. The banker followed the carpenter, who followed the schoolteacher, who follow the blacksmith. On and on the came, to carry the bright red ribbon throughout the kingdom.