Everything starts with words! Without words, thoughts can never become a reality. The words, sentences and verses of the poems in this book are the very Strides of Hope. They occupy the gap between our efforts and the accomplishments of our sole desires. The author crafted these poems to provide the kinesis which propels our legs along the long, winding paths to where our hope lies. They are the mental capacitation which stimulates our minds to advocate for a tomorrow that we all wish. In other words, the poems in this book are the catalyst to physical and mental spur towards self-actualisation - towards re-discovery! Strides