When a boy or girl thrusts a small hand in yours,
it may be smeared with chocolate ice cream,
or grimy from petting a dog,
and there may be a wart under the right thumb and a bandage on the little finger,
but the most important thing about it is that it is the hand of the future.
This is the hand that someday may hold a Bible or a gun,
it may play the church piano or spin a gambling wheel;
it may gently lead a child or tremble uncontrolled by an alcoholic mind.
Right now the hand is in yours.
It represents a full-fledged personality whose adulthood is your opportunity.
– author unknown
