Romy, Appreciate your response. Thanks much. Good to know that folks out there care about Israel. Yoav
Yoav Thank you for your inspiration... And I guess it takes all of us to reminding ourselves (and others) that all this is possible. Indeed I deeply believe that is is only when 'the people' (= us too of course) genuinely feel that is their choice, their will, their action that creates the world we (individually and collectively want).... that we will achieve our dream(s). Thank you for your practical and profound example from a dear land that so many people love. Romy > From: Yoav Peck <yoavp...@netvision.net.il> > Reply-To: OSLIST <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:55:07 +0200 > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: The end of leadership > > > Today the Israeli Knesset (parliament) convened for its winter session. > Yesterday, the police recommended indicting our president for a collection > of offenses, the most serious of which is the rape of two women in his > employ. > Many legislators announced their intention to protest the president's > appearance at today's session and he wisely bowed to the pressure and did > not attend. > Why am I sharing this with you on the OS list? > As I facilitated my first OS last month, I noticed a recurrent theme among > the different groups - the longing for "someone who will be crazy about our > issue" to appear and assume leadership in the efforts to fulfill the vision > that crystallized in response to the day's question: the formation of a > national council for parents and parenting professionals. > What did not come home to the group of 60 people, mostly professionals who > run parent-training programs, is that the "crazy-about-the-issue someone" is > none other than they themselves. I low-profiled as much as I could, > empowered, returned questioners to themselves. I left the room some. But the > group seemed to be waiting and praying for the someone who will save us, > during most of the course of the day. It appears that only after meeting > with the steering committee and then holding round two of the OS will people > be likely to get that the person sitting in their seat is "the one." > > At any rate, the profundity of OS' message came home to me during that first > day. The fantasy that one driven, inspired leader will rescue us all from > our helplessness is a chorus that can frequently be heard when people > discuss the overall situation here in Israel. > In my view, the 1995 assassination of Yitzhak Rabin marked the end of this > fantasy here. Indeed, Rabin had qualities and qualifications that enabled so > many of us to follow him. But, as in OS, the leader's "strength" was our > downfall, because in the shine of his leadership our own light dimmed. The > lion's share of peacemaking work remained even as he lived, but we deluded > ourselves that he would carry us through to the promised land. Since his > death, no comparable leader has emerged, and many here bemoan this reality. > However, now that I have caught the OS "bug" I am wondering if Rabin's > death, tragic as it was, may not be our cue to understanding that it is we > who must create whatever is to be created here. It has been nearly eleven > years, but with people's growing distaste for our "leaders," it appears that > we Israelis may finally be getting the hint. > Even Moses stayed behind, to die on Mt. Nevo while the people crossed over > into Israel. It remains now for us to shoulder the burden of making the new > tomorrow. > I am grateful to discover OS as a way of holding this leaderless future. I > relish the mails and look forward to the ongoing learning that is here. > Yoav Peck, > Jerusalem > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
