Wow, I just saw your endorsement of Mr. Netanyahu. Surprising, but nicely done.
It reminded me today, I was thinking that Israel has had a lot to over come in its long and varied history. The first being that many out side of a few countries, think it only came to be a nation as a result of World War II. History is so important. The nation of Israel has historically been the only nation to make the desert bloom. When I was a child I remember seeing photos of Israel from people who had lived and visited there and I thought wow how dry and barren, rocks upon bare earth, upon rocks all where the houses built the same color as the earth. It made me feel thirsty just to look at the photos.
Yet, just before Christmas this year I saw a wonderful photo of Israel now. It is blooming and green and thriving and feeds a good portion of Europe. Why would people want to destroy that which makes the desert bloom? Seems to me instead of trying to destroy it that all of its neighbors would want to make friends so they too could learn the secret to making life happen and letting people thrive. Then if they focused on those things instead of the quarrels of generations past everyone could thrive and have peace.
I realize I've just over simplified about 70 years of recent world history from my naive perspective.
I suppose different people are disabled by different things and that makes them impoverished. The "I can't " mentality is very prevalent in the disabled. Isolation is one of the greatest causes of it. And the fact that people other than themselves make decisions about their lives so that they think they can not. Then there are physical limitations as well as limitations by society. Its hard to climb out of the box when you start seeing yourself as others stereotype you.
One of the things I read about Israel today is that many in the opposition think by following Mr. Netanyahu's plans that it will bring isolation to Israel and that will impoverish it. Um. I think that is incorrect. A country, just like a disabled person, can become an oasis in the midst of a dark world simply by remembering how far they have come and what they hope to do and reminding people of it so no one forgets.
I firmly believe that rising above one's circumstances is not dependent upon what others say or think about you, but about what you know and remember about your self. It doesn't hurt to have advocates that agree.
You are an "Agreeable Advocate" in this Mr. Trump.
~L
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