Perspective builder from life in the war zone

I think israelis may have a little bit better and healthier perspective on life than other western societies.

When you live in a place where death is a daily reality, you tend to chill out a bit, to not sweat the small stuff so much.

You start appreciating things that otherwise you might take for granted.

And you recognize the beauty of things. Two times within one hour, random strangers said to me 'children are happiness', it sounds better in hebrew.

You would think that the stress kills you and wears you down.

In fact, it makes you live even more.

(Post dedicated to yaron and ariella, thanks for letting me blog from your blackberry in modiin)
Yaron Ashkenazi
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