“There can be no dark where there is light.
Too often we spend our time and energy worrying about how to dispel darkness.
We focus on difficult situations wondering how we can get rid of them.
When I aim to bring light to these situations, the darkness is automatically dispelled.
Today let me remember to bring light rather than fight darkness.”
            - Anonymous

“Don’t spend your energy trying to kill the dinosaur.  Instead, invent the gazelle.” 
            - E.F. Schumacher

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
            - Gandhi

    October 5-9, 2007, 150 Muslims, Jews and Christians gathered in California.
    It was the 5th Oseh Shalom ~ Sanea al-Salaam Palestinian-Jewish Peacemakers Camp.
    Included were 45 women and men from 32 towns in Israel, Palestine and Jordan.
    Determined to become the change they wish to see.

    “All I can say is Thank You for what you do for both peoples,” e-mailed a Palestinian participant.

    “I think that I have made lifelong friends,” wrote a Jewish woman.
    “My life in Israel will be better because of them and the weekend.”

    “I met the most amazing people and felt I was in the presence of great, future leaders,” reflected a Palestinian woman.
    “Finally, I now feel like there is hope of peace in the Middle East for the first time.
    “What did I take from this experience? 
    “I have a more appreciation and pride of my own heritage and also have a greater love of all humanity. . .especially for my cousins—the Jewish people.”

    SEE PHOTOS and MORE on the Web at:

            http://traubman.igc.org/camp2007.htm
            and
            http://tawonga.org/weekend-programs/peacemaker.php

    At the big, end-of-week San Francisco public report-out, a Jewish attendee was “impressed with the futuristic, action-packed” plans and intentions of the Peacemaker participants for the coming year.

    That night, almost all the Middle East participants and supporters spontaneously found their way to a San Francisco Middle Eastern restaurant.

    Until 2 a.m., the Jews and Palestinians talked together at a long table of 60—with 20 more in the patio—celebrating their new community and planning their future together.
    Not a bit interested in ever letting go of their new relationships.

  Inventing the gazelle. 

    Being the change they wished to see in the world.

see also Palestinians, Jews unite at Yosemite camp By Christine Morente at http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/ci_7176362