Erase The Hate, #139755

So last night (February 18th) I had the pleasure and honor of going to hear an Auschwitz survivor speak. He talked about a lot of things that I already knew, based off my own research on the subject, but he also talked about some things I hadn't heard.

If you were in Auschwitz, the average person lost 6-9 1/2 pounds a week. Forget Jenny Craig, if you're looking for a weight loss programme, there you go! But in all seriousness, he said most people survived about 4 months. He survived 17 months. He was absolutely incredible. I bought his CD and two of his wrist bands.

But I didn't decide to write this post so I could give you facts and figures about the Holocaust, if you wanted that you'd read a book or go to Google. The reason I wrote a post about this is because of his message.

The first thing he said when he started speaking (after he introduced himself) was "When you go home, open up your dictionary and look up the word hate. Cross it out. If hate didn't exist, than this would not have happened." 

He couldn't be more right. If we all "erased the hate" out of our lives, this world would be an amazing place to live. Of course, we can't change everyone, but YOU can change. You can change yourself and not hate anyone, and people around you will see that you're a loving person. They'll see how happy you are. Happiness is contagious, and when they see how happy you can be without hate, they'll want to have that too. You can influence change.

This is the bracelet I bought from him, you can order them online, along with his CD at http://www.phil-auschwitz.com/

The other message he had, was never give up hope. He said hope is what saved him. If you don't have hope, what do you have? And he's right. Hope can get you through anything and everything.

"The only thing greater than fear, is hope"

~President Snow, The Hunger Games

Well I'm done rambling for now.  I hope you have a wonderful day and remember: Erase the hate and never lose hope <3

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