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Have
you seen the "Kill Bill" trilogy by Tarantino? I sincerely recommend
to those who have not yet seen it, to see it and derive inspiration
there from. In brief, without ruining the movie for you, the heroine
who is played by the lovely Uma Thurman, goes on a revenge journey
against everyone who has done her wrong, according to a list she
made the moment she recovered from a serious head injury. At the
head of the list is Bill. This was the short description of the
movie.
Following my recovery in recent
years and reaching an even better condition than before, I decided
to go on a journey to restore my honor. I made a list of all the
people who have been cruel to me, have harassed me and done me wrong
during my difficult years. I began to act according to the list,
just as in the movie. I went from body to body, person to person and
began to act to restore my honor and my rights which had been
harmed, and which were rightfully owed to me.
Among the bodies set forth in my
list, is a large insurance company which caused me grave injustice -
I will tell of the injustice only in a few words - the company
refused my request to cancel the life insurance which I had paid to
my ex-wife as part of purchasing our joint house. Despite the fact
that we were already divorced, the insurance company refused to
cancel my payment to her, noting various and strange claims. All
this was in the year 2003 and since, at that time, I was without the
protections I have today, I gave into them and did not fight for my
right. Every month the monthly payment would be deducted from my
credit card, and I felt like a knife was stabbing my heart.
Not only that, but in addition I
would receive an annual report of the payments I had made to the
insurance company, with the name of my divorcee displayed at the top
of the page - the knife was turning in my heart. A few months ago I
approached the
insurance company, and this time demanded that they
cancel the order. After an examination which lasted a number of
hours and after sending a number of faxes in which I made it clear
that my case would reach the media and would not go by silently, the
insurance company agreed to return to me that which was owed to me
retroactively the entire amount which had accumulated over the past
four years.
They also took the trouble to
inform me that they are doing so beyond the letter of the law and
not because I really deserve it.
And thus I took upon myself a
number of additional projects in which I was determined to restore
my honor, even if only for the principle appearing in the movie - to
kill Bill, the one who has done you wrong, do not give up and pay
him back One of the projects, for example, was to demand, again by
right owing to me, the exemption certificate owing to me for serving
the country as a commander in the military reserves for many years
and for being released due to my injury and not because I was a
shirker. Even more so, I tried to return and volunteer in the
military reserves, but I was told that because of my mental injury,
I could not.
The situation is so absurd, that
when I first contacted the injury commander of my unit and asked
what appeared on her computer, she replied that it shows I am
hospitalized. Of course I burst out laughing and replied "If it
appears that I am hospitalized for so many years, why did no one
bother to check up on what has happened to me?".
After a number of years of
repeated correspondence, commanders were changed, soldiers were
released, Zion was redeemed, the days of the
Messiah arrived and I
was invited to a ceremony to receive my certificate of exemption
from military reserves. When I asked the personal affairs
non-commissioned officer who invited me to the ceremony - "why did
you not previously invite me?", she said she read my file and my
story probably fell between the chairs.
I did everything within my power
not to be listed in the statistics of the head of the military
department of human resources as a military reserves shirker.
This is how I acted and continue
to act. Everyone who had caused, is causing or will cause me
injustice - I will pay back, from a point of strength and
empowerment, as one who has stared death in the fact and is no
longer afraid of anything.
Somebody smart once said "with
ruse you shall cause yourself a war", and therefore these wars need
to be done intelligently, creatively and
assertively and with no
violence whatsoever.
The moral of this entire story
which I endow upon all the participants of the lectures I give, is -
do not let anybody tread on us and do us harm because we are weak.
Be assertive, demand what you deserve even if it concerns issues of
principle. As one who has learnt to fight and has fought the
fiercest enemies of the State of Israel, I have understood that in
our country, you must continue to fight for the right to live with
honor and receive what you deserve.
Stand up for yourselves and don't
give up!
Written by Ronen David ©
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