My fears came out a little today, oy very. Going strong so far, but today was hard. Getting a little homesick. Sara is still not here, it is a little upsetting. I want her here! It's not the same! I mean she is the reason that I even heard of JAM. I feel bad that she missed the Kotel and the waterfalls and now Mesada. We are here now, and so is she but I don't think she is in Neve...I don't know!!! We haven't had much contact in fact I've basically haven't had any contact with anyone even my parents...oh well. It is what it is...
Sooo today...it was harder doing day 2/3 or whatever day it is...more than day 1. I am physically exhausted. Constantly dehydrated no matter how much water I drink my pee is still yellow! AHHHH I don't think I've had protein... and overall 11 hours of sleep in 3 days does not do anyone good. ENOUGH COMPLAINING! :)
Class today was a little more dense...We talked about achieving world peace, and where war comes from according to Judaism. After a history lesson of sorts we came to learn that peace is achieved by focusing on something higher...sounds simple right? I guess not ( Think on that ). I am gonna write that from now on instead of writing a full essay, that I could defiantly write on these topics, and hopefully we can shmooze and coffee together when I get back and talk about it :).
I then met with Shira again, we added another student to our group, Sara O! YAY! We talked about struggles with things like bad mornings, but more interestingly heaven. We barely touched on it but I liked what I learned. I hope to relay the learning on to someone so ASK ME! this of course is according to Torah and other Jewish things but please don't let that turn you away. WE MEAN SHALOM ( Peace)...but don't we all? I don't know. The last thing we talked about today was....FEAR. OF COURSE. Particularly fear of death. I mean who doesn't fear death...well I guess there are some people who don't, and If I could really put my mind around that death is basically birth maybe I wouldn't either. I mean when you think about it when we are born, we are torn from a place of safety inside our mothers. All the life that we have known has taken place in that place. SO when we leave that place ( birth) it's kinda like death? does that make sense? okay because sometimes I am bad at explaining these things. In conclusion what I am saying is that...maybe our death is a birth into something new...I'd like to think so :).
THE FINAL lecture of the day dealt with learning some more wisdom. SHOCKING! What really stuck with me from this talk is that ALL TRUTH COMES FROM WITHIN, and that is basically the lesson of life. Okay now that we know that...lets just add one more little sliver of wisdom..." Learn how to die before you learn how to live!" I mean what does that mean!!??? YOU TELL ME!
I plan on dreaming on these two things at the beautiful Masada Hostel( It really is very nice) tonight and if you come up with something on those thoughts let me know! because I would love to talk about that too.
The journey to Masada was rough. Two hours from Jerusalem. I got to see the West Bank and Muslim quarters. I also didn't remember how bad I get motion sickness but I guess it's really bad. But I gotta say Harel the bus driver and the bus itself didn't help. Needless to say I became very sick and ended up throwing up in a trashcan on the bus 3x...oy...I was not good. But I was like NO BIGGIE...I'll jump off the bus in 98 degree Israeli weather and hike to a waterfall which was more pleasant than you think! I got pictures to prove it! The next trip was the dead sea, where I lost my shirt...Israel has to claim something from me. I hope that's it. I have been waiting my whole life to float ( literally) in the salty waters of the Dead Sea. And yes it stung...but a lot less for me than other people. But the pain is worth it...your skin and hair are nice and soft, I need a dead sea bath at home.
After a delicious traditional Israeli dinner...I think that's what it was, and good talks it was time to head to the Masada youth hostel, which is beautiful!!! Better then any hotel I stayed at in Europe! On the way there I got sick again...I am not having this throwing up! Tomorrow our hike starts at 5am so its after nine and I must sleep! Lila Tov.
To a day harder the the rest but fulfilling in the end...so Jewish.
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