THE GLASS HALF FULL

Personally, my attitude toward life is to always try to see the glass half full.
There is never a shortage of problems, especially in Israel, where reality is highly complex with many national and personal challenges—whether regarding security threats, economic challenges, or ongoing controversies and debates over religion, politics, and more.
Despite that, and especially during these tense times across so many of the country’s existential realms—as well as my own personal, professional, and career challenges—I try to remember all the exceptionally good things we have.
Last Friday, I saw an excellent example of this life attitude at a music and dance street party in Zion Square in downtown Jerusalem.
In the middle of a crowd of young people dancing energetically while listening to the music playing in a very high volume, there was a man in a wheelchair.
I could feel in his face the pleasure of enjoying the music.
The limitation of not being able to join those who were dancing did not stop him from being part of the street party. To me, he was the main star of it.

Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski