I Front Lines
A Body Of Evidence
I
f you have ever witnessed
acrobats or survived a game
of Twister, you know the pos-
sibilities of the body to contort
and flex, which are also captured
in many everyday expressions.
Often we are asked to lend an
ear while someone tries to bend
our ear.
We are reminded
to try to keep our
noses clean (and this
does not mean the
use of hankies, which
I discover are in
short supply ... but I
digress). With today's
prices, it is common
to feel that we are
paying through the
nose, but a bargain
is not something to
turn your nose up
at. The more docile
of us are often led
around by the nose.
If you are the kind who is not
afraid to stick your neck out to
try something new, you may find
that you might get it in the neck
if things do not work out.
Who among us would not
like to rub shoulders with the
Quotable
"great"? This, I would imagine,
would be preferable to having
to work shoulder to shoulder
with those who do not hesitate to
give us advice straight from the
shoulder. (Couldn't they pull a
few punches?)
To get ahead, you may want
to get a leg up in a particular
business and to do so
you may have to shake
a leg. If you are dis-
covered to be pulling
someone's leg, he may
just cut you off at the
knees, which would
bring you to your
knees with not a leg to
stand on.
Some sound advice:
Keep on your toes and
toe the line but do not
let someone step on
your toes.
Trying to be literal
with such expressions reminds
me of a sign I saw one time:
Walk tall; keep on your toes;
keep your nose to the grindstone,
your shoulder to the wheel and
your ear to the ground. Now try
to work in that position!
There's a body of advice.
"The work in the
village is not easy. It's
challenging and complex,
even as it is varied and
extremely satisfying.
But a child's smile or the
excitement he feels at
taking a first step makes
all the effort worthwhile.
Aleh Negev gives a real
quality of life to the
people who call it home.
It is a village that is like
family to its residents and
its workers."
- Reut Toyeto, 27, a daycare center social
worker at Aleh Negev, a rehabilitation village
for people with special needs near Ofakim in
Israel's Negev. In the article "Transforming
Lives in the Desert: A Blueprint Negev
Update" in the Jewish National Fund's summer
issue of Together.
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