Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Editors' Note xiii
Hope and Happiness
The Most Important Decision 3
Courage, Conviction, Hope 9
Truth Close at Hand 15
Winter Never Lasts 23
Too Much Stress 31
Friendship and Poetry
True Friends 37
Children of War 41
Cemetery Days 47
An Unforgettable Book 53
Each of Us a Poet 59
Good and Evil
An Enemy Falls From the Sky 67
The Supreme Jewel 77
A Piece of Broken Mirror 83
The Path Called Dialogue 89
A Single Word 95
A Necessary Evil? 101
Life and Death
Our Pomegranate Tree 109
To Risk Our Lives 113
My Mentor's Death 119
The Real Thing 123
An Aging Society 129
Every Moment of Every Day 133
Conclusion
A Revolution Open to All 139
Notes 143