A
journalist assigned to the Jerusalem
bureau takes an
apartment overlooking the Wailing Wall. Every day
when she
looks out, she sees an old Jewish man praying vigorously.
So
the journalist goes down and introduces herself to the old man.

She asks: “You come every day to the wall. How long have you

done that and what are you praying for?”

The old man replies,
“I have come here to pray every day for 25
years. In the morning I
pray for world peace and then for the
brotherhood of man. I go home
have a cup of tea and I come
back and pray for the eradication of
illness and disease from
the earth.”

The journalist is
amazed. “How does it make you feel to come
here every day for 25 years
and pray for these things?” she
asks.

The old man looks at her
sadly. “Like I’m talking to a wall.”