Essay: Lessons to learn from Anne Frank’s life
On June 12, 1942, Annelies Marie Frank was given a diary for her thirteenth birthday. It was a gift she really wanted and her parents let her pick one out herself. Like all tweens, she must have dawdled before settling on a red-and-white chequered notebook, words from which would go on to become part of one of the most inspiring books in the world. Anne Frank on a Dutch postage stamp. (Shutterstock) The first words she wrote in the diary were telling: “I hope I shall be able to confide in you completely, as I…