9/11

[GMDino]

How bad are we divided now compared to then?

I waited all day to see if there would be anything posted in this forum about the anniversary.  Closest we came was a couple references to how Trump tweeted and pumped his fist at Shanksville like he was going into a concert.

This is what I wrote five years ago:

Quote:Thought for the evening:


As we remember the events of 12 years ago I am struck with this idea: Today should not be about "Where were you then" but instead "where ARE you now".

Are you still afraid or angry?

At the people who did this awful thing? Or at an entire religion? Or a country?

Are you a better person over a decade later?

Have you taken those lessons that life can be taken from you at any time...that there will always be evil people who do terrible things...that no matter how hard you try you can't protect everyone all the time...have you taken those and made yourself a person who lives life to the fullest? A person who looks for and celebrates the good in your every day life? A person who can say that the people they love KNOW they are loved?

We all have a story about where we were then. We should also have a story about where we are now.

And if it's not far away from where we were then we need to try harder.

Somehow we have gotten further apart.