Today, I stood in the same place that I learned about and watched on TV the terrible events of 5 years ago. Somehow I was transported back to that place in time where all I really wanted was for the world to just stop– not come to an end kind of stop, but a a kind of stop that would prevent any more malice or evil. I suppose somehow I naively thought that if it stopped then the evil would pass, just like a bad mood, and we could all go on about our lives.

I did not know anyone lost that day. I honestly cannot imagine what it is like for those of you who did. That day was so surreal to me. Yet for those who lost someone, I cant imagine how their souls screamed that day.

5 years later, I sit astounded at the changes that have occurred in our thinking and in the conduct of our day to day lives. I also sit here pretty pissed off at the planners and their minions and of how they robbed our children of their innocence on that day. Its ok to take mine, but I really want more for the next generation.

I also sit here thankful. Thankful that the kind human spirit can never be quelled or squelched by malice and hatred. Cause when bad things happen, we all have the choice to be transformed in good ways by tragedy. We sure as hell don’t have to like it, but as my grandmother always said, “You can handle it well or handle it poorly. Either way, you are going to have to handle it.”

For me, that day reintroduced me to my priorities and values that I had lost touch of with the complacency and noise of life. The days and years that have followed have set me on a path toward trying to keep them in the forefront of my life every day.

The 2996 Project asked bloggers to remember the victims of 9/11. I learned of the project too late to participate. However, please take a moment to read a few of the posts. Remember the person that died that day and please say a prayer, send good thoughts or think of kindly in your heart their family, their friends and their communities.

Dennis F. Levell is remembered at Health Psych

Amy O’Doherty is remembered at Spare Change

Karen Helene Schmidt is remembered at The Zero Boss

Chris Michael Kirby is remembered at Miss Kelly

Barbara A Shaw is remembered by Rhondi Adamson

Thomas J Kennedy is remembered by Issa’s World

Lisa Frost is remembered by The Holding Pattern

Never Forget!

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