Such important advice, Sue. - If you are going to worry, worry about the things you can DO something about -- the local problems, the neighborhood issues, the people who are suffering right in your home town. Worry and stress can't solve WORLD fear and injustice. But you can be a part of the solution in your own back yard. A fine essay, Sue..
Thank you, Sharron. I just received a little note from a Scottish friend I met on Kibbutz Usha 45 years ago. We've been corresponding all that time, and then she disappeared. The note said she was going to Amman, Jordan for five weeks in February to "stand in solidarity with the Palestinians." Okay, so what do you think you can accomplish by doing that? What does that even mean? Are you going to dance in the streets at a peace festival like you did a few years ago or are you going to pick up a gun with Hezbolah and raid a kibbutz? Give me a break! And from Amman, Jordan? Bless her heart. this is a person who would start strolling down the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon and just keep walking.
Yes. Standing in Solidarity. If that means nursing those who are injured, buying food, building shelter, or caring personally for orphaned babies, then I say God protect her! In Santa Cruz vigils are held, people silently stand around or walk down the street. Signs blare out STOP THE WAR. I wonder who those signs are meant for and if they come with instructions as to how to do that. Holding hands and dancing in a circle, however, has no effect. Whereas personally volunteering at a local care home or cleaning up a section of beach has. Sorry for the rant. We seem to be on the same wave length.
Indeed, we both seem to be frustrated by the overwhelming need to stop whatever madness is happening, but it's too far away and out of reach of our resources and abilities. My friend was a teacher and cook at a school for disabled kids in Scotland. She's also a Quaker. Perhaps she is going to be doing some sort of service work and counseling in Amman, but she didn't offer details. While she has the skills to do such work, she's also the kind to stand in a circle and sing Cumbayah. Pass me the potato peeler please. That makes more sense to me. (I even wrote a poem about her and me peeling potatoes in the kibbutz kitchen. I can't remember if I posted it on Ring Around the Basin or not.)
Such important advice, Sue. - If you are going to worry, worry about the things you can DO something about -- the local problems, the neighborhood issues, the people who are suffering right in your home town. Worry and stress can't solve WORLD fear and injustice. But you can be a part of the solution in your own back yard. A fine essay, Sue..
Thank you, Sharron. I just received a little note from a Scottish friend I met on Kibbutz Usha 45 years ago. We've been corresponding all that time, and then she disappeared. The note said she was going to Amman, Jordan for five weeks in February to "stand in solidarity with the Palestinians." Okay, so what do you think you can accomplish by doing that? What does that even mean? Are you going to dance in the streets at a peace festival like you did a few years ago or are you going to pick up a gun with Hezbolah and raid a kibbutz? Give me a break! And from Amman, Jordan? Bless her heart. this is a person who would start strolling down the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon and just keep walking.
Yes. Standing in Solidarity. If that means nursing those who are injured, buying food, building shelter, or caring personally for orphaned babies, then I say God protect her! In Santa Cruz vigils are held, people silently stand around or walk down the street. Signs blare out STOP THE WAR. I wonder who those signs are meant for and if they come with instructions as to how to do that. Holding hands and dancing in a circle, however, has no effect. Whereas personally volunteering at a local care home or cleaning up a section of beach has. Sorry for the rant. We seem to be on the same wave length.
Indeed, we both seem to be frustrated by the overwhelming need to stop whatever madness is happening, but it's too far away and out of reach of our resources and abilities. My friend was a teacher and cook at a school for disabled kids in Scotland. She's also a Quaker. Perhaps she is going to be doing some sort of service work and counseling in Amman, but she didn't offer details. While she has the skills to do such work, she's also the kind to stand in a circle and sing Cumbayah. Pass me the potato peeler please. That makes more sense to me. (I even wrote a poem about her and me peeling potatoes in the kibbutz kitchen. I can't remember if I posted it on Ring Around the Basin or not.)
All that bling was a present from Jeff.
Good thoughts!
😆 Fancy cane. Mine is old fashioned Oak. No bells. 🤣