I meet some very interesting Uber and Lyft drivers: my rides in Toronto have been no exception. Last night we rode with Ahmed, a 20-something Palestinian fellow who was born in the Gaza Strip (as were his parents). Two or three years ago he somehow got to Jordan, and has since been unable to return home: he then got a student visa to study in the US, training to make prosthetic devices, a profession that he believes will be very useful in his native land; he didn’t finish before the visa expired and has been living and driving in Canada while trying to get it renewed. He’s a young man without a country, living from temporary visa to temporary visa, and yet he remains positive and optimistic. Ahmed knows what he really wants to do and talked about struggling, without excuses, to find a way. Like many, what I know about Palestinians is shaped by what I read and hear; sometimes, that’s apparently different from what you might learn in real life. Dig a little deeper to discover what’s real today.
Jim Rohn (1930 – 2009): American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker.
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