I Must Be Going

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Sorry, Gang.
I will be away from my blog for 11 days, while the missus and I trot around Italy and Greece.
But just like God told Abraham:

"Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee." (Genesis 12:1)

How's THAT for a segue?!

I actually already did that when I started college in 2001.
I ventured to New York City (The City That Never Sleeps), leaving my "father's house" in Philadelphia (The City That Occasionally Dozes Off).
Then, this past October, I left my birthland, the USA (national motto: "Hey, nice country you have here... It's ours, now") to live in Israel for a year.
Israel, The Land of Milk and Honey (and Tension!).

Having read several hundred pages of the Bible, chronicling several dozen generations of Israelites in this wholesome, peaceful area known as the Middle East,
I can safely say... there has been tension in this part of the world for thousands of years! Peace is an elusive ... thing.
It's ironic that most Jewish prayers and all formal communal services end with the words "May God who makes peace above, make peace for us and all of Israel. Amen."

That would be nice.

"But wishing won't make it so, you've got to go out there and be the best Barney you can be!"
- Homer Simpson, "Mr. Plow", Written by Jon Vitti

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