Peace Fatigue

         I find it so amusing that everyone is talking about land.  We all want a piece of it. 

The Peace of it!  

       One time in my travels to Israel  everyone was wearing orange.  Not Orange Bowl hats!To my surprise they were protesting the taking of their land in Gush Katif.  I went there.  I saw homes visited families.  Talked to children disturbed by the peace process.

       I read an amusing article about a woman standing up to the Peace process.  She shows how actions over rule words.  She is painting another view.  She showed solutions producing HOPE.  She became an answer to the FIX.  Read the article maybe you can become a solution.  She is not waiting for OTHER’S to be the FIX!    Here is the article:

From the Sands of Gush Katif to the Rolling Hills of Lachish

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1248277940963

 

        Nothing has changed ”Peace Fatigue” has set in the Land.   See the blog that follows this post.  We are all wearied.  Waiting for change is exhausting.  I know when my Peace Index is tested. 

       Builders are buried in the mire of banks!    Furniture seems like an overwhelming sea when I survey the scene.  Where will it go now?  How do I turn this into revenue?     Room Service’s plans are changing. The occupied territory, designing and staging spaces for spec builders must be re-arranged.

      The real estate market in Arizona is changing.  The land is shaking; a fault line is present.  It is time to shift perspective and present another VIEW.  People are loosing land and homes.  The peace process is de-valued.  We are fatigued.

     What value do your words hold?  Change occurs when you do what you say.   Words like purchases are always non-refundable, costly transactions.  The stakes are high; we must live life-changing spaces.  Trading spaces with words of fear.  Repainting hope.  We can paint our way out of a corner! 

      Color like emotions change rooms.     Emotions lift as we start painting.  Creativity stimulates change.   Actions flow as a result of this creative surge.  The designer challenge speaks when a room lift occurs.   I have tried to use the 5 basic elements of design to implement the change.  Look at the view.

                   1. Line----like actions “takes shape”

                      2.Texture—adds richness like “good conversation”

                      3.Form---always follows function

                      4.Space---yields to others and let’s “something in”

                      5.Color---like praise refreshes and revives dark days

     

   Peace can’t be purchased.  Nations can’t exchange it.  Individuals acquire it.  We choose PEACE by principles of the heart.  Recover from fatigue.  Open the windows to your soul touch the fabric of your heart.  Peace becomes the blanket to your dreams.

Rosner's Domain: Why Obama should not waste time communicating with Israelis

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If you missed my article in The New Republic earlier this week, read it in full here. The headline says: "Hey Obama, don't waste your time giving a speech in Israel". Here's a paragraph:

Yes, Israelis might appreciate the honor of having the U.S. president talking directly to them. (As Benn writes, "In the 16 rosy years of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Israelis became spoiled by unfettered presidential attention.") But what exactly is he going to tell them? That peace is good for all and that he wants to advance peace? They know. That Palestinians suffer? They know. That he cares deeply for Israel's security? They know he says that, and would like to believe it, but the real game-changer will require proof, not words. Clinton and Bush didn't just say "We care for Israel" and instantly become darlings of the Israeli public. They showed they care--mostly by getting along well with the Israeli governments of Rabin and Sharon respectively. The Obama administration has done little to curry Israeli trust with their churlish attitude toward Netanyahu. In this sense, I agree with Benn and Burston: Regardless of the inevitable vapidity of an Obama speech directed at Israelis, the act of making the trip to Israel would be at least be a "deed"--a demonstration of good will on his part.

But words alone will not make Israelis trust Obama. Israelis do not suffer from lack of understanding of the issues; they suffer from peace-fatigue. They look at "peace processes" with suspicion, based on experience and events. They are scarred enough to know what has working and what has not, and they are tired of the good intentions of enthusiastic novices, believing that with their youth and their smarts they'll be able to come up with some magic trick that can somehow round a square. What Obama needs is a convincing plan that makes sense. It does not look like he has one.

Now,who's wasting words?  Solutions become answers when actions follow.