This is not a piece about "where were you when?" Nor is it a piece about patriotism, war, the end times, or the "rise and fall of the American Empire." This is a piece about remembrance, and respect, and love...or our best selves.
Most of us beyond the age of 30 remember where we were when...the Towers fell. Most of us recall the chill of changing times, when we thought about it, and so many deaths coming out of nowhere. There was heroism, and sacrifice, and sadness, and recompense, and a war or retribution that continues to this day. There were and are all those things. When the world changes -- and it often does -- new thinking is needed.
So remember, individually and collectively, how things have changed. Respect who we were and who we have become. And love...yourself, and the world as it has evolved. It is all we have.
No comments:
Post a Comment