Anne Frank: No Need to Wait

Today I am grateful for the good staff inservice we had yesterday. It was thought-provoking and prompts new actions in me. I am also grateful, and honored, to be a trusted listener for others.

Day 7 Everyday Gratitude offers these words from Anne Frank:

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment 

before starting to improve the world." 

Let us not forget that Anne Frank died in a Nazi concentration camp months before she turned 16, and just weeks before the British liberated the camp where she died of typhus. She wrote lengthy diary entries to help pass the time while her family spent two years in hiding from the Nazis.

What wisdom. What loss. What a gift she gave the world posthumously. She improved her family's hiding space with her writing, improved her will to live, and she gave us a well-told biographical story that has become timeless. 

She didn't wait. She didn't wait for the war to end. She didn't wait for freedom. She found her own
version of liberation.

So let's choose not to wait, not to be complacent, not to give up hope.

I can improve the world right now by: 

*being sure to recycle, and help conserve resources.

*not complaining

*keeping my mouth shut when harsh words are poised to come out

*listening sincerely and patiently 

*judging and assuming less

*sharing gratitude 

*giving a warm hug
*being a safe and defensive driver
*setting a good example for others
*keeping my side of the street clean, literally and figuratively
*facing a new day with good energy

Have a good day and weekend!