Sad

I had a funny post planned. And I might well still put it up. But I am still really, really sad about the suicide bomb on Friday Night in Tel Aviv, and I feel dishonest not sharing those feelings. Sad that people were killed going out to celebrate the Birthday of a friend; Sad that one of those killed was a girl who was handing out her Wedding Invitations to her friends at the time. I've never been to "Stage" (the bar where the attack took place) but everything was a little too close to home and heart to not stay painful.

I'm sad because even though nobody really trusts the current Israeli leadership, it had seemed kinda "quiet" for a while and I was naively hoping it would stay that way and that something genuine and promising for everyone could materialise.

But mostly I'm sad because on days like this I feel torn apart by the fact that people are still dying and suffering on both sides, and that despite all my efforts to know the conflict and the people of this land better, there doesn't seem to be very much I can do to make it all stop.