Anne
Frank, whose birthday is today, endured two years of hiding in a cramped attic
with seven other people before she was discovered and sent to the Bergen-Belsen
concentration camp. She left us these words of wisdom in her diary: “How
wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to
improve the world.”
Although
she was confined in an attic, Anne did what she could; she picked up her pen
and wrote about her experience. In doing so, she taught generations about the
value of every human life and how to persevere in the face of hatred and
persecution. As it says in Psalm 37, "Trust in the Lord and do good...if you trust, then God will act, and make your righteousness shine like the light, your justice like the noonday sun."
Most
of us can think of many ways we would like to improve the world: ensuring that
no one is hungry, that every child has a good education, that black and brown
people are not persecuted, that the right to vote is not suppressed, that the
land, air, and water are not polluted, and that everyone has access to health
care, for starters.
No
single person can address all these challenges. However, isn’t it wonderful
that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world?
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