March 18, 2012

• Picture comments.....

  

  This photo can be found in the "Pictures of the Week" portion of the www.msnbc.com website.

  These girls are Israeli schoolgirls caught in an area where rocket fire is occurring. This area, near the Gaza strip, had been the scene of Israelis firing into Palestinian areas and the Palestinians firing rockets back.

  A moment in time.

  There is no doubt about where the rockets are. Every set of eyes, except for the girl whose back is turned, is trained on the area where the missiles are.

  How frightening it must be to get on that bus, knowing that it is a very large and colorful target. There must have been an inward struggle in those girls--get on the bus or run.

  What one must wonder is this--how many times have these girls had to make this decision? How often is their daily lives disrupted by such firepower and violence?

  The driver has taken a defensive position, as an Israeli citizen of a certain age, he would have spent two years in the military. His viewpoint is no doubt quite different than those of the girls. Watchful, yes, but calculating as well.

  As for the girls, what does this do to your outlook on life? Do you take each moment to be more precious or do you try to live as people in safe areas do, just living life and taking what comes?

  One thing I did notice.....in this time of danger, almost all of them reached out to find comfort in making physical contact with another person.

  They may have been in danger, but they were in danger together.

  There's comfort in that, somehow.

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