LIVING WITH PURPOSE

One word more than any other seems to be pervading our lives. It keeps on coming up in conversation especially with the young. The word captures a condition. The word is “uncertainty”. As we face the day or week ahead of us we are becoming more afraid to take positions. Conventional norms cannot be relied upon. Both in politics and economics events are happening which very few people would have dared to predict. Beneath the surface of many confident, successful and happy youn

Shahar Dauber, was a 20 year old Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Paratrooper when he died in Gaza on July 23rd, 2014. Before he went to fight, Dauber left a letter behind for his loved ones. He concluded his message with the words: “I ask only one thing - that you will remember me”. This past Wednesday, Israel commemorated “Remembrance Day” for 23,646 fallen IDF soldiers like Shahar who gave their lives defending our people. The number is staggering. So many young lives lost to t

Are you thinking what I’m thinking? When you watch or read the news these days what’s going through your mind? Robert F. Kennedy delivered a speech in 1966 that included the following: There is a Chinese curse which says “May he live in interesting times.” Like it or not, we live in interesting times. We are witnessing before our eyes a frightening showdown between the USA and Russia over a monstrous act committed by the Syrian regime. An enemy committed to the destruction of