Folded thought of the day:

I received the following quote from Barbara.  I'm not sure 
how anybody could read it, knowing who said it, and not feel 
like they just had their wind knocked out.  

"How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can 
start now, start slowly changing the world!"

-- Anne Frank


This is such a beautiful and amazing sentiment.  But 
Anne Frank was a beautiful and amazing human being.  
Facing the most dreadful extremes of discrimination, 
hatred and violence, she held hope up and taught the 
world to never forget.  

This quote should not be read simply as a nice thought.  
It is a torch... burning... demanding to be recognized, 
to be remembered every day... and honored with 
unrelenting vigilance.  For the sake of the future, for 
the sake of humanity and for the sake of the little girl 
with the big eyes...

...the little girl who wrote:

"It's utterly impossible for me to build my life on a 
foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world 
being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the 
approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, 
I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look 
up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change 
for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that 
peace and tranquility will return once more. In the 
meantime, I must hold on to my ideals. Perhaps the day 
will come when I'll be able to realize them!"

-- Anne Frank, 15, written July 15, 1944 

(3 weeks later, on August 4, 1944, Anne, her family, 
and the others living with them in hiding were arrested 
by German police)


I recently posted a piece I'd written about Harry Partch.  
Here's something Harry once said:

"I am sure there are dreamers. There are a lot of them 
probably. If there are enough of them, perhaps we will 
survive."

Yes... we must keep dreaming and striving to honor 
the spirit of survival and hope... a spirit that will 
change the world and fulfill the promise.