Eric Couldn’t be Near Hate; He Said it Was Infectious.

We’ve all been hurt in life. Sometimes it’s the little things; other times, its life-changing. How do we handle it?

I sat in the kitchen of a lovely Long Beach lady, Hedy Page. Her wisdom, I found, is a good guide for many of us—choosing love over hate.

Hedy married a man who, despite his valid reasons for hating others, rose above it. That’s remarkable, considering his horrific experiences.

Eric, a survivor of Dachau, and Hedy, a survivor of Nazi persecution in Vienna, speak to us of love and kindness.

Eric not only avoided hate and chose love, but he also asked Hedy to perpetuate it by showing people of kindness in her paintings. He said she needed to show people in the future that goodness prevailed today.

And so she did.

Hedy has painted ninety-three multi-person paintings that include only people she knows who live in kindness. Her ninety-third, a Long Beach painting, is about to become available in print.

But it’s Eric’s words that motivated Hedy to use kindness as a guide in her paintings. In doing so, Eric lives on through her.

Hedy used the sunflower to describe her life experiences, from the plant’s growth to its seeds.

As she spoke, I could see Hedy had a hub of good seeds to offer us when she told me, as you'll see here: Eric Couldn’t be Near Hate; He Said it Was Infectious.

Be well,

Leebythesea