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At the facility there is a little cabinet with glass doors outside every room where one can put photos and mementos of the patient in that particular room. It also serves as a clue to where their rooms are when they are out in the hall. But another huge value is you can see what these people looked like in their physical prime. I will often linger there and soak that up before I deal with them. Many see themselves as their young selves too. They cycle in and out of the present. Why wouldn't they, the present isn't very nice. It helps me to see them as real people that once had hopes and dreams, had real lives, not just old folks dying. That can make all the difference in this job.
I sold real estate in the city with the largest concentration of Arabs in the USA. Many of the old-time agents would not work with them. Arabs drove a hard bargain. I was forced to, as I was a newcomer to the city and had no 'sphere of influence', as they like to say in real estate. I actually melded great with their style of business, made many connections, and did very well courting them. They had money, were smart, and came to the party ready to deal. I also had many conversations with them about the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East. There was a reason they were now living in Detroit. The major lesson I came away with was there was no clear cut right and wrong in the Middle East. I see the FB posts all day taking partisan sides as usual, from the safety of a padded office chair sitting in front of a computer. The usual mass media suspects are also lining up with their patented brands of distorted, one-sided propaganda of either 'Jew bad/Arab good' or '
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