Glass half-Full and Glass Chimera

Everywhere around the world, people build walls. Some walls stand for a long time.

Other walls fall down after awhile.

The Great Wall of China hasn’t fallen down. The Ming Dynasty started building it 700 years ago. It is the longest wall in the world. In this 2009 family pic, you can get a glimpse of the wall behind us.

Every now and then, we come across a wall that memorializes a great person. I noticed this memorial in Boston, dedicated to President John F. Kennedy. Carved in the monument wall is a quote from him that is still worth our attention, and quite relevant to our present dilemma as a nation populated by people from all over the world. Have a look:

In Jerusalem, the sacred hilltop, called Kotel, or Haram al Sharif , or Temple Mound, is bounded on the west face with a stone wall. When Jesus Christ entered the temple area before completing his first ministry of teaching, preaching, suffering death and resurrection, he was greeted with palm branches, waved by people who had heard of his miracles and his teaching. Riding on a donkey, Jesus entered through that eastern gate. Later, in the 16th century, Ottoman conqueror Suleiman had that east gate blocked up solid with mortared stones. But those stones will fall away when Jesus returns to that holy hilltop in Jerusalem. A stone wall presents no problem for the only person in history who conquered death itself after being nailed to a cross.

Glass half-Full