D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

I'm not the least bit happy about the world situation, and I'm not sure we have a politician in this country who can get us out of this present mess.

I worry that my Grandson will be drafted. I worry that my Great Grandson will be drafted. The mess is too close to home.

However, every morning I daven the Blessings and the Shema, and every evening I daven the Prayer Before Retiring At Night. That's all that's in my power to do.

And pray for Mashiach to hurry up.

Shalom

Honey, you need to calm down, relax, switch off the news for a while. There's nothing you can do to change it all. When you come back it will still be there in all that ugly, gory glory. Hope you don't stress out too much over it all. ;-)

Just remember what Neil Postman said: the news is packaged as entertainment and is presented in disjointed segments that give an appearance of randomness and chaos to the world. It's an illusion. All over the world are very good people doing very good things, only you have to look much harder to find those stories because only bad news gets good ratings.

Take heart. Think of all the things that were "de rigeur" 50 years ago which would never be tolerated now (like separate water fountains). People are changing and the world is slowly evolving. We're all going to be okay.

Yes, this is really me. Maybe it's the Zoloft talking. ;)

--Solo

I find myself getting more and more cut off from the world and keeping away from the news

I know exactly what you mean. I have to limit my news intake to keep from being super-stressed all the time. I read just enough to stay reasonably informed and I pray because it is the one thing I can do.

I opened my bible to the Psalms and am comforted by these words from Psalm 4. ...There are many who say "Who will show us any good?" Lord, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us. You have put gladness in my heart, more then in the season that their grain and wine increased. I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

i agree mon amie if you cant do anything about it why kill your own spiritual life by over exposure
it is funny that you should post this just now on my way to the cybercafe i saw in a newspaper stand the headline of warning of a target attack i just had my bank card so i couldnt buy the journal but the building that was targetted looked so much like a building in my city as it turns out this isnt the targeted building in my city but i walked into the cyber cafe in a cold sweat and this is how my afternoon has begun paranoia now im off to the festival in my city and i will forget about this i will become absorbed in ethnic dances music and international cuisine
have a peaceful day mon amie and there is only one way to do that and that is to forget about this
this entry is right on
ps just before sept 11 i wrote this long poem that i presented publicly at an open mike and part of it had to do with building skyscrapers as a competition to see how high you can build and how man will never win this the celestial vault would be the highest
why would i suddenly choose to write about that
i know several poets that had premonitions interesting
a la prochaine mon amie good one
thanks again for your reviews you write them really well and it is interesting to go to the weblogreview and read every once in awhile even if it is just once there is so much great stuff out there not enought time to see them all i cant read at the speed of light ha ha
you are always my first stop hee hee you and sezrah
im such a perv to talk like this hee hee