Horowitz Travel- Israel-Jerusalem-Good
Bye-February 6, 2017
I didn't think this would be hard to write. After all, the motivation for this trip wasn't the best. David's diagnosis and his feeling of mortality exerted its influence so he felt compelled to make his dream of living in Jerusalem a reality. That was not my wish, but, under the circumstances, I agreed.
David's dream came to fruition. To my surprise, I was seduced into his fantasy and found it to be enlightening, educational, meaningful, & heartwarming. I didn't know we were as resilient as we are pushing forward through illness to accomplish what we'd set out to do.
We renewed friendships, enlarged our vistas, navigated a new culture, & grew closer with each other and the land. Our brains are addled with the confusion of prejudice, hatred, & cooperation as enemies live side by side. Solutions are many. Likely ones are few. Our friends feel relief that their children weren't killed or wounded in the last war, but fear that peace won't come in time for their grandchildren to be spared.
We leave early tomorrow for the airport and our long journey home. We'll need time to process it all. I'm sure we will be overcome with domestic issues on our return. Hopefully, our memories will stay with us long enough to inform what we face.
Thank you for being faithful readers.
Toby
I didn't think this would be hard to write. After all, the motivation for this trip wasn't the best. David's diagnosis and his feeling of mortality exerted its influence so he felt compelled to make his dream of living in Jerusalem a reality. That was not my wish, but, under the circumstances, I agreed.
David's dream came to fruition. To my surprise, I was seduced into his fantasy and found it to be enlightening, educational, meaningful, & heartwarming. I didn't know we were as resilient as we are pushing forward through illness to accomplish what we'd set out to do.
We renewed friendships, enlarged our vistas, navigated a new culture, & grew closer with each other and the land. Our brains are addled with the confusion of prejudice, hatred, & cooperation as enemies live side by side. Solutions are many. Likely ones are few. Our friends feel relief that their children weren't killed or wounded in the last war, but fear that peace won't come in time for their grandchildren to be spared.
We leave early tomorrow for the airport and our long journey home. We'll need time to process it all. I'm sure we will be overcome with domestic issues on our return. Hopefully, our memories will stay with us long enough to inform what we face.
Thank you for being faithful readers.
Toby
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