Humanity

I recently finished for the third or fourth time this morning the Diary of Anne Frank. Her story is an inspiration to me in so many ways. Since first reading her diary when I was 12 years old, I too have kept a journal all of these years since. Her short life was filled with such wisdom and pure truth.

In the middle of all of the pain, death, war and horror that she, her family, her people and her country were going through, she still had the pure love and belief in humanity to say the following:

"In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart."

And despite all of the wrong in the world, I do still believe in the right. I believe that it is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. I believe it is better to love - even when you know that one day you will lose your loved one. I believe that it is better to be kind, even when it appears as though the kindness is wasted. I believe that it is never wasted. I believe that people really want peace - despite all of the war. I believe that people really want love, despite all of the hate. I believe that people truly want happiness, despite all of the misery caused in the pursuit of happiness. I believe there really is love. I believe there really is truth. I believe there really is happiness. I believe there really is joy. I believe this because I experience this and thank God for it.

I know that you can too.