From Juan Cole this morning:
A group of German Jews organized as Jewish Voice for Peace in the Middle East, is sending a relief ship to Gaza.
We're a group of German and international Jews living in Germany who are sending a ship with goods and musical instruments to Gaza. We're part of a larger European project that is sending supplies in the spring of 2010.
We're acquiring a ship, loading it up in Germany, then picking up passengers (Jewish and non-Jewish, German and non-German) at a Mediterranean port.
Among the goods being shipped are urgently needed things like medicines, baby food, bedding, children's clothes, school materials; but also painting equipment and musical instruments. We believe cement isn't the only thing needed for rebuilding - we call on our politicians to provide these urgently needed building materials! - but also things to help heal the soul. We hope our musical instruments will contribute a little towards this.
There are also plans afoot to arrest war and charge it with disturbing the peace.
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Thank you, 德慈美玉, for your stimulating comment. I took the liberty of having it translated so I could share it with others, and I hope the translation is accurate.
You said: "The most miserable life is that which only goes half of the way; the most tragic loss is the loss one's confidence; the most egregious waste is the wasting of one's time; the worst tragedy results from failure to persevere."
The short version appears numerous times in the I Ching: "Perseverance furthers."
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