I just stumbled across this song at the end of the movie "One Last Thing".
I have been thinking about 9/11 and how some people will be reliving it again. Focusing on the news reports and the anniversary will not change what happened. It will bring us all back to the moment in time but it will change nothing about those who suffered losses.
The tenth anniversary is a memorial, a remembrance and a number. Most of the people I know each have their memory of that day and every time the date rolls around they think of it. It is very fresh for some, a part of something in the past for others. While I make no claim to understand the reasons for 9/11. I reflect on the sorrow experienced and the personal meaning it will continue to have for some.
There are gifted people who see those who have passed. They connect with them on some level and share insights and messages. I read some things after 9/11 regarding some people who had one of the deceased fireman visit.
Today when I heard this song I knew I wanted to share it with all of you. I think the message I was hearing was that while you have suffered, they have moved on in a way that is not fearful, terrible and frightening. It is peaceful and positive. It gave me tremendous peace to listen to this and also to watch the last few moments of the movie "One Last Thing". If it is true that heaven is a good place and we find peace there, then I am at peace here.
Living in anxiety is one way to pass the time, but living in peace, a completely different way, perhaps a better way. That is not to say you do not fight for what you feel is right. You must continue to live, to work to overcome injustice, to do what it is that must be done, but you still can have a sense of peace about yourself. It is a comfort.
Some find that in religion, some find it in humanity, some find it in nature, or stillness or joy. I am saying that I remember those who lost their lives on 9/11, I remember those most affected by the tragedy, their loved ones. I remember how we reacted as a nation, how the world reacted and I know that while we are still here there is much work to be done to make the actions like that impossible. We can think of the security aspect, but we need also to think of what drives this behavior. That is something even larger to be aware of and work on.
In ten years have we been successful on that front? I leave it to you to decide. I know what I think. I also think of those who passed, if they can see us, if they are at peace, what must they think of everything, now ten years later. Is there a greater understanding, have we done what they expected us to? Is there something about their peace that can be shared?
Knowing how to live, knowing how to die, the harmony of existence is in the why.
Copyright 2011 by SheilaTGTG55
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I too feel private about my response to 9/11. I was right here when it happened and lost a few good friends, and mostly, I cannot talk about it still. Is that trauma? I don't know. I worked as a greif conselor, yeah, those who are rightly despised but I had some amazing converations and yet...It's for me an oddly private moment if shared with the world of survivors and witnesses. I can't say what I feel. Weird. Rated for you post.
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I love the music.. I cannot believe its 10 years already
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