3-20-2020

Mary’s Minute

“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.”

                                                                          ~ Anne Frank

I woke up this morning a little shook from a bad dream I was having, but also with a vivid memory of a conversation I had with myself in the dream.  In the dream (I don’t even remember the details) something bad was happening, and I consciously (at least as consciously I could in a dream-state) decided to change the negative outcome.  In my slumber, I asked myself if I was allowed to do that, and answered myself by saying, “It’s my dream, I can make it end however I want.”  I think that now more than ever we need to dreams, and we need to remember that we have the power to decide the endings because they are our dreams!

One of the greatest examples of seeing beauty in despair is Anne Frank.  I recently saw where someone compared our plight of being stuck in our homes for a few weeks to Anne Frank and her group’s struggle.  It sure was a way to put things in perspective!  Through her greatest challenges, Anne kept a positive attitude as is documented in her diary. 

We can do this!  Keep your dreams alive, and remember that they are your dreams, so you get to pick the outcome.  And from Anne Frank remember the power of positive thinking.

                                                                   Stay safe and well!

                                                                                     Mary