Meadmaker
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I heard this, and wanted to share.
A reporter was doing a documentary on religious life in the middle east. Part of it included a visit to the "wailing wall". She was filming devout Jews approaching the wall, praying, and rolling up the notes, with their special requests to God and putting them in the cracks in the wall. She wanted to observe the scene, and after a few days, she would pick people to interview when they were finished, about their experiences, and why they came here.
She had been observing for a few days, and noticed that among the faithful was one very old man, who was there every day. She decided to approach him.
"Sir, I'm a reporter, filming a documentary and I would like to ask you a few questions about your religious experience. Do you mind?"
"Sure, sure." said the man, "Ask away. What do you want?"
"I've seen you here for the last three days. Do you come here often?"
"I'm 96 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. Every day since I learned to pray, I have come here, except when the wars have kept me away. I will keep coming here every day until I die."
The woman was impressed. This was just the sort of person she wanted to talk to about the truly devout person in the middle east. "Do you have anything special you pray for?"
The man said, "Yes. Something very special. Every day, I pray for the same thing. I pray for peace between the Arabs and the Jews."
"And how does that make you feel?" asked the reporter.
The man replied, "It makes me feel like I'm talking to a friggin' wall."
A reporter was doing a documentary on religious life in the middle east. Part of it included a visit to the "wailing wall". She was filming devout Jews approaching the wall, praying, and rolling up the notes, with their special requests to God and putting them in the cracks in the wall. She wanted to observe the scene, and after a few days, she would pick people to interview when they were finished, about their experiences, and why they came here.
She had been observing for a few days, and noticed that among the faithful was one very old man, who was there every day. She decided to approach him.
"Sir, I'm a reporter, filming a documentary and I would like to ask you a few questions about your religious experience. Do you mind?"
"Sure, sure." said the man, "Ask away. What do you want?"
"I've seen you here for the last three days. Do you come here often?"
"I'm 96 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. Every day since I learned to pray, I have come here, except when the wars have kept me away. I will keep coming here every day until I die."
The woman was impressed. This was just the sort of person she wanted to talk to about the truly devout person in the middle east. "Do you have anything special you pray for?"
The man said, "Yes. Something very special. Every day, I pray for the same thing. I pray for peace between the Arabs and the Jews."
"And how does that make you feel?" asked the reporter.
The man replied, "It makes me feel like I'm talking to a friggin' wall."
