A Calm, Modest Life

Micha Shagrir, an Israeli filmmaker, was an insignificant, peaceful man. Finally I saw him in Jerusalem, his beloved city. It was near the end of life. She had cancer. I asked him how he was coping with the fact that he would die.

Okay, “said to me with a warm smile, “I was reminded of a headline in a newspaper reading: Marshall Tito is still dying. ”

It's good to feel alive when death comes. To go, in the words of William Butler Yiats, <x0-headed, open-eyed and smiling in the grave.” A well - lived life leaves no room for illusions. Think of life as a decision. A wise man once said, “Life is just a trouble that precedes death.” [Exacting of translators: a similar attitude also protects French philosopher Albert Camus, who reproaching Sartrin for his political commitment, says life at its core is tragic.]

I have tried through this trouble, as many of you, dear readers who inevitably suffer. Remember we owe Magna Carta to bad King John. Remember, the most common is for something unusual to happen. Celebrate the fact that humor, political speaking, and the Constitution are all being revived because of unnamed negative forces.

Remember, the advice given by Einstein on a piece of paper is far more important than the $1.5 million they bought at auction: “A quiet and modest life brings more joy than the inexplicable pursuit of success related to constant fatigue. ”

(I'm losing too bad, in this respect, by the way. But it's never too late! )

Jews say: “Start worrying. And follow the details. ”

And Jews are still around here, worrying, causing trouble and laughing, like Shagrir. Day after day, peace is dying, yet not entirely, between the Israelites and the Palestinians. Nothing is easy to die these days.

So there is hope and cause for celebration and gratitude. America is still big, fierce, contentious, generous, bold and amazing “as Senator John McCain declared, Republican from Arizona these days; and yet the anti-American elites around the world -- “Yanke, cursed -- go to your homes and take our children with you! ”

Compassion is weary, as is our moral and just. Life is a devious course, not a straight line. Of all virtues, stoicism, kindness, and forgiveness are undoubtedly weighed down at the top especially in the cultures of mild discontent, magic, and revenge. Silence seems to me like a quality say forgotten.

But maybe I'm wrong. It is always an opportunity, and as a result, a public opportunity [remarkment of translators: and politics].

Then there is the comfort of the unintentional consequences. Take, for example, Britain's referendum vote to leave the European Union. This is an extraordinary act of willingness to reveal itself from a country [Angelia] known for its pragmatism. No word existed for such strange behavior, so one had to be invented: Brexit.

This prompted the need to define the word in the dictionary. That's the definition incanc.fi: “E The designation that is negotiated by the Unprepare in order to achieve unrecognitioned for the uninformed. ”

That's not all.

Yet, when we come to the intentional consistency, there is a real possibility that Germany will have an outside minister named Cem Ozdemir after last month's elections, which were marked by the rise of rightist and xenophobic party Alternatives for Germany. Ozdemir, who is of Turkish descent, is the leader of the Green Party, now in negotiations with Chancellor Angela Merkel. I know Ozdemir who grew up in a working-class family. It would be the right response to the [right and xenophobic] alternative.

I mentioned the revival of the speaker. On the other hand is Senator Jeff Flare, Republican from Arizona, who explained his reasons not to compete for his seat again: “we should never take as normal, regular or casual minims of our democratic norms and ideals. Never should we accept the daily fragmentation of our country, our personal attacks, the threat of principles, freedoms, and institutions, flagrant disregard for truth and human, reckless provocations, mostly for the most unclean and narrow reasons, reasons that have nothing to do with people we have been chosen to serve. ”

If that doesn't sway, dear reader, I don't know what else it can. Of course, if everything fails, consider those beautiful moments in your life. They're there, around you. I can remember many of them when they're alive, like earthquake shocks.  Jenny.