Living Like Alice
October 25th, 2010
A friend sent me the most marvelous gift this morning. It was a link to a Youtube video about a woman named “Alice” who survived the concentration camps during World War II because she played the piano so beautifully. She said that as long as she had music in her life, she could feel hope. Let’s Live Like Alice!
I talk with so many women on a daily basis who have lost all hope that they will ever recover or live normal lives. Let’s all Live Like Alice!
Alice has such a gentle, giving spirit that she says she feels no hatred towards the Nazis. She says that “hatred begets hatred”. Why can’t we remember that??? I want to Live Like Alice.
You can’t compare a woman with an eating disorder and a woman living in a concentration camp. But the core feelings of hopelessness may be similar. The person in the concentration camp got no more than 800 calories a day to eat. Many people with eating disorders eat much less than that.
The core question is, how can we translate that feeling of hopelessness into a feeling of forgiveness and love?
Alice did it through her music. She took her passion in life and used it as a way of staying hopeful and full of joy. I want to Live Like Alice.
Whenever you find yourself feeling hopeless, experience your passion. Live Like Alice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlccsLr48Mw&sns=em
Let me know what you think after you watch this!
I want to be like Alice! This is my new slogan!
Alice Herz-Sommer, the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, was a popular concert pianist in Prague at the outset of World War II. She survived Terezin by playing more than 100 concerts. Now 106, she is the second oldest person in London and continues to practice piano every day. Her autobiography, “A Garden of Eden in Hell”, is available on amazon.com.