Israel and Hamas are close geographically and worlds apart in mindset—the role of hope and hate in setting national priorities and determining purpose.

How can we avoid a split in care defined by buying power?

Multiple brain structures involved in fear work in an interplay of swift reactions meant to preserve and protect life, usually from saber-tooth tigers, but today real or imagined threats.

If the concept of self-care were broadened to include devoting my energy to attend to all my needs, wants, thoughts and feelings, the either/or dilemma might recede.