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 <[email protected]>
Reply-To: OSLIST <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:55:07 +0200
To: [email protected]
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
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