In July, 1942, Anne Frank’s parents received a summons from the Nazi’s to report to a labor camp. Instead, they went to a secret annex to hide from Nazi’s. Thirteen year old Anne Frank remained there until her arrest on August 4, 1944, deported and eventually killed. Anne Frank maintained a diary while in the secret annex. The following excerpt is taken from Anne Frank’s diary.
“Whoever is happy will make others happy.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
NOTE: We project to others what we internally feel. We’ve all experienced being in a great mood only to get caught up with someone who is in an ugly mood. Their ugly mood sucks us into a black hole. It’s one reason I minimize contact with these people. They are more contagious than COVID-19. Alternatively, our good mood can lift the spirits of another. We have an amazing power within us to transform another person’s day. Did you realize you have that superpower? You do! To develop and use this power takes personal work. We begin by loving and forgiving ourselves. Then we develop a deep sense of gratitude both big and small. Once we do our inner work, happiness happens. You don’t have to find it. When we encounter other people our superpower kicks in and we brighten their day. They feel better because they encountered a happy person filled with love and gratitude.