Memory of 9/11? What's a Women To Do?
Live. Forgive. Seek. Imagine.
I'm writing this post Sunday morning September 7th, 2008 at 12:50 am.
Without giving much thought to the soon approaching anniversary of the terrorist attacks that occurred 9/11/2001, I rented a documentary, On Native Soil, yesterday afternoon. It is a documentary of the 9/11 Commission Report.
AM 9/11/2001 - I was sitting in the doctor's office, waiting to be seen by my doctor, anticipating the birth of my son. I was listening to the radio as these events unfolded in disbelief.
I do not find many movie rentals very appealing these days and decided to browse the special interest section. I suppose with my mind filled with overwhelming information, opinions and criticisms of recent events leading up to the presidential election I was drawn towards my selection.
An overpowering conclusion came to me after viewing the details of how the terrorist were able to accomplish their goal of using planes at weapons. Not a new conclusion, but now one with more intensity. I only have control over my own actions. I am confronted with decisions every second, every hour, every day, every week, every year. Some hard, some easy, some even robotic. Being a robot? Am I hypnotized, low on fuel, complacent, traveling along my journey directed by borrowed and bought beliefs. PERHAPS.
All is not lost, tomorrow is a new day, but at the same time a new day that could be lost to my robotic mind. Which will I decide?
Stand in judgement OR seek to understand
Help OR turn a blind eye
Find excuses OR find a way
It seems so complicated, but it is not so. You know as do I, that deep down we all know what is right and good. I have faith in humanity and in myself.
My final thoughts. People will make mistakes, like many mis-steps of the government and other agencies. People will be hurt. If you hurt or do wrong, apologize and find a way to do better. If you have been hurt, forgive even if an apology has not been spoken. Seemingly complicated situations require simple imagination. Allow your mind to go there.
When a small group of surviving family members of the 9/11 attacks came together to demand answers, wanting their loved ones' deaths not to be in vain, they were simply asking for the truth, an apology and a commitment to doing better. One man gave them this at the conclusion of the long drawn out commission.
Within your reach of influence you have much power to make this world worth living in. Your mind, your heart, your family, your community, your company, your state, your country, your world, your universe. I have faith in myself and humanity. I hate to even imagine the alternative.
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