Turn Dreams Into Reality

Anne Frank was and continues to be one of the most inspiring and influential young writers of all time. Anne Frank was a Jewish citizen in Amsterdam who hid from the Nazi party during World War Two when anti-semitism was at its prime. Anne along with eight other friends and family hid in a secret annex for approximately two years until they were discovered and transported to a concentration camp.  Before being captured, Anne had written in her beloved diary, Kitty, which she received for her birthday. She wrote daily about the terror of real war and her struggles of being an average young woman. Shortly after being freed from a German work camp, Otto Frank, Anne's father, was given the news that his his wife and two daughters had died in the camps. Devastated from this announcement, Otto returned to their place of shelter to visit a family friend, Miep Gies. Miep hands Otto Anne's diary and tells him to read her writings. Otto was so deeply moved by his daughters writings and wanted to share her work with the rest of the world so he requested her diary to be published. On June 25, 1947, The Secret Annex was published in honour of Anne. Many read the diary and forever changed their perspective of children authors. 

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.” 
Anne Frank 

I chose this quote for a reflection piece about facing the future because I too believe that parents and guardians put their children on a path for the future that will lead them to success but in the end the future  is created by the individual who posses it. Parents may want one outcome for their child, but the child may have a polar opposite idea in mind. I believe that as long as the individual is constantly growing and improving themselves for the better it should not worry the guardian's what-so-ever. Young adults such as myself have quite a lot going on in our lives. We get moody and change our minds on a daily basis but that does not mean that we do not respect and cherish the advice that our loved one offer to us. At the end of the day, we are going to do as we please and it is all on us if we make a mistake. Not only is the mistake on our shoulders, but also how we grow and learn from it. I believe that Anne Frank summed it up perfectly, "the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands", if one wants to be happy and successful, they are going to make that dream a reality. It goes the same if one wants to sit around drowning themselves in self pity, that attitude will become character. In conclusion, it is up to the individual to make the best out of themselves because in the end there will be no one else to blame but themselves.