there goes my hero, watch him as he goes

the struggles of a teenagers these days. the drugs, the sex, the achohol the things that old people read about and shutter... the things that i read about and shutter. but recently i read a book that made the everyday struggles of today's teens seem like child's play. what book could this be? "In My Hands" it is a nonfiction story about a rescuer in the holocaust. this girl, Irene Gut was doing things when she was only 16, that i can't even fathom doing ever! she was a young Polish girl when the war began, and heck she was still young when it ended. but she was a smuggler of Jews, when in that time someone that was even thought to be helping Jews could be KILLED. she deceived her master, hide a dozen Jews in the officer she works for house. she made numerous sacrifices for these Jews that did absolutely nothing to deserve her grace. many of the people she helped, whether it be sneaking them food, or smuggling them into the forest to hide out, she didn't even know them. they weren't childhood friends of hers, they didn't even live in the same town as her. but yet she felt that it was her duty to save them from dying a wrongful death. i wish more people now days were like Irene Gut, she did good because it was the right thing to do, not because it would get her a tax write off. she did the things she did because she knew what the German's were doing was wrong and because although she was only a 16 year old girl, she had to made a difference. Irene Gut is my new hero, she was my age, risking her life to save other people and she did just that. she saved numerous people and if i can accomplish only half the amazing things in my life as she did in hers. i would be amazing. i think that more people should read this book. its a inspiring book about the troubles of the past of the world. it gives you a new look into the horrors of the holocaust, you get to read about the sadistic terrors of hitler and his army. you get to see the things they didn't teach you in 8th grade holocaust section.
well thats all i have today.
these have been thoughts from katy's brain. :)