<p>Right, wrong, and somewhere in between.&nbsp; How do we know sometimes what is right?&nbsp; Over the last few days, all of us have been barraged with words and images of what is happening on the other side of the world.&nbsp; Some of the images have been heart breaking. Others have been uplifting.&nbsp; Many have been disturbing. Some have simply been sad.&nbsp; </p> <p><img style="margin:5px;" title="Anne Frank's House in Amsterdam" alt=" believe in the goodness of people" align="right" src="http://www.undercovertourist.com/netherlands/amsterdam/attractions/img/l/anne-frank-s-house.jpg">I'm not gong to fill this page with the images and words that have been moving across the airwaves, the blogs, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.&nbsp;&nbsp; You know where you can find them if you choose to search.&nbsp; </p> <p>Even before June 12th, I had been reading about the Iranian elections.&nbsp; When violence erupted, I got the first news, like many others through my Twitter stream. The news was frightening.&nbsp; That first night I stayed up&nbsp; until the wee hours of the morning re-tweeting information on basic first aid, what embassies were open for the wounded, and other information.&nbsp;&nbsp; As the days went on, the stories grew more disturbing and the tweets more frequent.&nbsp; I definitely was not alone in my efforts.&nbsp; Many others were doing the same.&nbsp; </p> <p>At first I rotated through my <a href="http://jkw.typepad.com/corepurpose_joan_koerberw/my-profiles-on-twitter.html">multiple Twitter</a> accounts, but soon the number of tweets were still too much.&nbsp; On Monday, I set up a new account <a href="http://twitter.com/jkwphx">(@JKWphx)</a> dedicated to only sending #IranElection, #gr88 or later #Neda oriented messages.&nbsp; </p> <p>At times the information was so sad or disturbing that I needed a break or a pick me up.&nbsp; Some of my friends, who knew what I was was doing, would tweet me with happy thoughts, inspiring quotes, or silly sayings.&nbsp; At other times, I would turn and pull out a book for a short reading break.&nbsp; </p> <p>On Monday, I pulled out a dog eared copy of <em>The Diary of a Young Girl</em> by Anne Frank and began to read the words of someone who lived and died decades ago.&nbsp; She was living in hiding during times of fear and oppression and telling her story through a her notebook journals.<img alt="Anne Frank's Journals" src="http://www.annefrank.org/upload/Dagboek/P8_compositie_dagboeken.jpg" width="480"></p> <p>Here are some of her words:</p> <blockquote> <p>"<i>It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.</i>" Saturday, 15 July, 1944, pg. 237</p></blockquote> <p>As I write this Thursday evening in Arizona, the sun has already risen on the people in Iran.&nbsp; I have no idea if any of the people I was trying to help ever saw the words I sent to them.&nbsp; <p>I know the Iranian government agents did -- THEY sent some lovely notes. I wonder if it would frustrate them to know the satisfaction I got each time I went in and BLOCKED them?  <p>But either way, I did what I could to help because I thought it was right.&nbsp; At the end of&nbsp; the day, that's all any of us can do.  <p>Thanks for stopping by, and if you get a chance today, say a little prayer for the people in Iran.  <p>Stay Tuned...  <blockquote> <p>Joan Koerber-Walker  <p>Photo and other information from <a href="http://www.annefrank.org">www.annefrank.org</a> and the Anne Frank Museum, Amsterdam.  <p>Quote, from <em>The Diary of a Young Girl</em> by Anne Frank</p> <div style="display:inline;margin:0;padding:0;" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:88cc7418-b7e8-4dc1-85d8-6b92ac6abf20" class="wlWriterSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Joan%20Koerber-Walker" rel="tag">Joan Koerber-Walker</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/CorePurpose" rel="tag">CorePurpose</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/IranElection" rel="tag">IranElection</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Iran2009" rel="tag">Iran2009</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/The%20Diary%20of%20a%20Young%20Girl" rel="tag">The Diary of a Young Girl</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Anne%20Frank" rel="tag">Anne Frank</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Twitter" rel="tag">Twitter</a></div></blockquote>