Really nice sentiment. Enjoyed the read in prayerful hope that this dream can come true soon. Man's nature seems to need to experience pain before he can grow. Siavash -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of jennifer Sent: 15 September 2001 02:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] a positive end to <OT> Someone from Boston sent these sentiments out that I would like to share. I know that some don't want OT on this list, but lets end our discussions as friends... Subject: For the book... Yesterday's events have had a profound impact on me...especially once I got home last night and had no distraction to take my mind off of it. The 2 main thoughts I've had I thought were worth sharing with "my people". One is a somewhat frivolous metaphor, yet it's accurate. The other...a more serious consideration. The metaphor is this. I was driving to work today and thinking about how yesterday Governor Swift said it's important to get back to "business as normal." As I looked around at all the people heading into work, I started thinking that we're like the Whos down in Whoville. The terrorists are the grinch that tried to steal Christmas yesterday, but today we're holding hands and singing because we're not going to let them break our spirit. > This led me to the second realization... Did any of you notice what I noticed this morning? No road rage. None from within my car and none from without. Today, for the first time in what seems like years, I felt something for my fellow man that was actually positive. I felt a connection as we all try to come to terms with this...as we all are simultaneously experiencing the exact same emotion. Suddenly, letting someone in front of me felt better than speeding up to spite them. Suddenly, the cars around me became more than just faceless enemies. I began to actually look at the faces attached to the souls within each vehicle and I realized they are just like me. Just desperately trying to make it through another day in an increasingly frightening world that sometimes makes us feel more vulnerable than we can deal with admitting. Perhaps if we as a society can hang on to this feeling...perhaps if we can smile at just one stranger today instead of glaring suspiciously at them. Perhaps if we can let just one person out in traffic...or back off the person in front of us by just 10 feet causing us to reach our destination a mere nanosecond later...perhaps then the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives yesterday will not have died in vain. If we can pull just one positive thing out of this staggering nightmare...maybe God...who's up there crying his eyes out right now...can smile again. Just a thought. ------------------------------------------------------- -- Jennifer #221463 Yahoo IM: jlynn2k #include <wisdom.h> void ignorance (it offers no value) -- Jennifer #221463 Yahoo IM: jlynn2k #include <wisdom.h> void ignorance (it offers no value)
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