Ok, I know it was yesterday, but my dear teacher
Reb Zalman calls for optimism and prayers for success of the Annapolis process:
"There must be a deep change of orientation on both sides, one which will lead to the ability of success, of mutual benefit, of neighborliness in which both sides would see at the end of the negotiations a viable and sustainable win-win situation," he says.
Imagine, a world in which we are not hated, but loved and admired. Imagine yourself negotiating with success, making the sale, passing the test, whatever it is. Instead of imagining failure and warfare. Instead of saying, "Boy, it would be great if the talks break down, I could say 'I told you so!'" - could we? Is that what we really want? Sure, it would have been nice if that had been 1996 and not 2007, it would have been nice if that had been Yitzhak Rabin, at the end of a long career, but it's Ehud Olmert, who's under indictment and barely 60. But so what? Really, is my moment of personal (or corporate) political success worth it? Couldn't I just imagine success for once? Can I imagine real peace?
Reb Zalman calls for optimism and prayers for success of the Annapolis process:
“Please join with me and exert your hope and faith for the success of the negotiations in Annapolis this week. We should hold the image of a Middle East that has healed from its deep wounds. It is not likely that the shift will happen without a spiritual transparency to the will of God and the healing of the planet.”
"There must be a deep change of orientation on both sides, one which will lead to the ability of success, of mutual benefit, of neighborliness in which both sides would see at the end of the negotiations a viable and sustainable win-win situation," he says.
Imagine, a world in which we are not hated, but loved and admired. Imagine yourself negotiating with success, making the sale, passing the test, whatever it is. Instead of imagining failure and warfare. Instead of saying, "Boy, it would be great if the talks break down, I could say 'I told you so!'" - could we? Is that what we really want? Sure, it would have been nice if that had been 1996 and not 2007, it would have been nice if that had been Yitzhak Rabin, at the end of a long career, but it's Ehud Olmert, who's under indictment and barely 60. But so what? Really, is my moment of personal (or corporate) political success worth it? Couldn't I just imagine success for once? Can I imagine real peace?
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