Here is an uplifting story that was posted on National Geographic online on their social media:
At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, was walking through a park one day in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll.
She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully. Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would come back to look for her.
The next day, when they had not yet found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter "written" by the doll saying "please don't cry. I took a trip to see the world. I will write to you about my adventures."
Thus began a story which continued until the end of Kafka's life.
During their meetings, Kafka read the letters of the doll carefully written with adventures and conversations that the girl found adorable.
Finally, Kafka brought back the doll (he bought one) that had returned to Berlin.
"It doesn't look like my doll at all," said the girl. Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote: "my travels have changed me."
The little girl hugged the new doll and brought the doll with her to her happy home.
A year later Kafka died...
Many years later, the now-adult, girl found a letter inside the doll. In the tiny letter signed by Kafka it was written:
"Everything you love will probably be lost, but in the end, love will return in another way."
Embrace change. It's inevitable for growth. Together we can shift pain into wonder and love, but it is up to us to consciously and intentionally create that connection.
Here is some great news about the Yurok Native American tribe in California.
From CBS News:
In a first-of-its-kind arrangement, 125 acres of land bordering California’s Redwood National and State Parks will return to the Yurok Tribe. It’s a milestone nearly 200 years in the making, as the tribe had its land taken away during the Gold Rush.
The Yurok people will take full control of the majestic forested land, called ‘O Rew, in 2026, with support from the Save the Redwoods League, California State Parks, and the National Park Service. “Together, we are creating a new conservation model that recognizes the value of tribal land management,” Joseph L. James, chairman of the Yurok Tribe, said in a news release.
The tribe’s plans for the land include building a traditional Yurok village and bringing the ecosystem back to balance, something it’s already making headway on by reintroducing the California condor and helping salmon populations bounce back.
“It tells us that our land’s healing and that our people are gonna heal,” Rosie Clayburn, a descendant of the Yurok Tribe, told CBS News. She added: “I really hope ‘O Rew symbolizes a coming home of the Yurok people and reconnecting with our landscape.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/redwood-national-park-land-returned-yurok-tribe/