Yesterday was the rememberance day for the fallen soldiers in Israel. It is a sad day in Israel but also a day when I feel sad in whatever country I may be. We are honoring the young people, girls and boys, that are in the army in Israel and are fighting for our right to be there.
For me these people are heroes. It is a feeling difficult to explain but for me these people are the bravest people I've heard of. They are only 18 years old but have to grow up and take the responsibilty to keep the Jewish population safe. This day is important to all Jews around the world.
To make you understand what some of these people are capable of doing I will tell you a true story about a soldier. The soldier Roi Klein.
Roi Klein was a soldier in a fighting unit in Israel during the Lebanon War 2006. He was a father of 2 sons and just a normal man living in Israel. During the war he was with his unit and he noticed a handgrenade being thrown into the group. His first reaction wasn't what most peoples' reaction would have been. Instead of running away and saving his own life he jumped on top of the grenade and saved everyone else's lives. He, himself died before his 31 birthday and will never see his kids grow up because of his heroic act. His last words were "Hear Israel, the lord is G-d, the Lord is One."
For most of you that won't mean a thing because you might not believe in G-d or you don't know the fact that before a jew dies he's suppose to recite this. Roi Klein was fully aware of his action. He understood that doing this he would be gone, no returns, nothing to do about it. His family would be in pain and his kids would never have their father back. However, all the other soldiers would be able to return to their families.
He is not my hero just for the fact that he was fighting for Israel and making me able to have my country safe. He is my hero because his act was as far as selfish you can get and he was aware of doing it without any doubt. If I was in that situation I wouldn't be that sure of my deed. I would have screamed for help or out of fear but he didn't. He followed the laws we are told to follow.
The question I want you all to ask yourselves is what you would have done. Would you have done what Roi did or would you have run? Our actions defines us as persons and many of us are not aware of that our actions affect other people and therefore walk around thinking they can do whatever they feel like.
We have a responsibility to think about other people because if we didn't the society wouldn't work. I'm not saying that we need to sacrifies our lives for someone else because I can't ask that from anyone but I can ask people to think about other people sometimes.
We can all be heroes if we want to. There is always someone out there you can help and mean the world to but you shouldn't to it to be considered a hero. You should do it because you want to help out and it will make that person feel better. We should be like Roi Klein. He did an heroic act and he was aware of that he would never be around the get people's gratitude. He did it just for the sake of helping others and that is worth thinking about.
You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result. –Mahatma Gandhi
For me these people are heroes. It is a feeling difficult to explain but for me these people are the bravest people I've heard of. They are only 18 years old but have to grow up and take the responsibilty to keep the Jewish population safe. This day is important to all Jews around the world.
To make you understand what some of these people are capable of doing I will tell you a true story about a soldier. The soldier Roi Klein.
Roi Klein was a soldier in a fighting unit in Israel during the Lebanon War 2006. He was a father of 2 sons and just a normal man living in Israel. During the war he was with his unit and he noticed a handgrenade being thrown into the group. His first reaction wasn't what most peoples' reaction would have been. Instead of running away and saving his own life he jumped on top of the grenade and saved everyone else's lives. He, himself died before his 31 birthday and will never see his kids grow up because of his heroic act. His last words were "Hear Israel, the lord is G-d, the Lord is One."
For most of you that won't mean a thing because you might not believe in G-d or you don't know the fact that before a jew dies he's suppose to recite this. Roi Klein was fully aware of his action. He understood that doing this he would be gone, no returns, nothing to do about it. His family would be in pain and his kids would never have their father back. However, all the other soldiers would be able to return to their families.
He is not my hero just for the fact that he was fighting for Israel and making me able to have my country safe. He is my hero because his act was as far as selfish you can get and he was aware of doing it without any doubt. If I was in that situation I wouldn't be that sure of my deed. I would have screamed for help or out of fear but he didn't. He followed the laws we are told to follow.
The question I want you all to ask yourselves is what you would have done. Would you have done what Roi did or would you have run? Our actions defines us as persons and many of us are not aware of that our actions affect other people and therefore walk around thinking they can do whatever they feel like.
We have a responsibility to think about other people because if we didn't the society wouldn't work. I'm not saying that we need to sacrifies our lives for someone else because I can't ask that from anyone but I can ask people to think about other people sometimes.
We can all be heroes if we want to. There is always someone out there you can help and mean the world to but you shouldn't to it to be considered a hero. You should do it because you want to help out and it will make that person feel better. We should be like Roi Klein. He did an heroic act and he was aware of that he would never be around the get people's gratitude. He did it just for the sake of helping others and that is worth thinking about.
You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result. –Mahatma Gandhi
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