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So what are you gonna do now?

So it's now 9/12, we've all thought about and remembered those who died 10 yrs ago yesterday.  I cried several times yesterday.

What are you going today?  Keep thinking about what happened ten years ago, how people's lives were changed/destroyed/ended.  Think about how people came together in a moment of horror and desperation, and helped each other because it was right, and did for each other because that's the way human beings are supposed to believe and act.  Why did we lose that?  Why did we turn back to the way things were before and ignore, and do the same thing the same way again?

Was it because we wanted to forget the horror of the day, or the fact that terrorism can happen here on that scale?  I certainly did.  I wanted the world to get back to the way it was because I knew what to expect, I knew what would happen next.  A bunch of fanatics turned our world on it's ear in an instant, or in this case, three instants - 1 World Trade, 2 World Trade, and the Pentagon.  Thankfully for a bunch of heroes on another plane, we have a White House.

Can we forget?  No.  No, we can't forget what it was like to be friendly, and helpful, and looking out for someone elses interests just because it was right.  We can't sit around and watch groups of people tear the country apart through fear, and media ploys, and lobbying, and other bullshit.  We are in trouble right now as a country.  I'm not going to start pointing fingers because that's the biggest part of the problem.  We all want someone to blame, someone to load the problems on and feel better so we can go back to doing things the way they were before.

America the free.  America isn't free, freedom isn't free, and liberty sure isn't free.  We have to work at it, and we have to work at it TOGETHER!  We all have to work together to heal a country that is running itself into the ground.  Put aside the differences, and the past hurts, and all of the other things that are getting in our way.  The terrorists did away with all of that in 3 instants, at a huge cost to all of us collectively, and a lot of us personally.  I am thankful every single day because I know how close I came to losing people I know.

I take it back.  This country isn't running itself into the ground, we're letting it happen.  What can we do?  I honestly don't know.  I know I can do things around me, and talk to people around me, and blog to people who will listen.  I don't have the answers, but I don't want to sit by and watch NOTHING HAPPEN!  I really hope I'm wrong, and we aren't on a free fall, waiting for someone else in the world to step up and set policy.

I've said my peace, and it's 9/12, and we're all still here.  Hopefully this will touch some of you.  Hopefully you'll share this post, or even just the message - Be good.  Be helpful. Be an instrument of change for us ALL, not for ourselves.