The Buddha said that looking back and smiling five hundred years ago can lead to passing by me in this life, but you will not smile at me five hundred years later. We didn't pass each other by, but walked side by side. Life is short, just like the short period we walked side by side. I would love to be able to walk that little bit again. Buddha said there is no hope because you didn't smile at me. Even if you smiled at me, you would have to wait another five hundred years. I say there is hope, because I can see your smile in the dark, and I can follow you for such a long distance behind you.