A day like today is not easy for many people in this world. Mostly the United States because September 11th, 2001 was not a typical day for the average American. Just like every morning on a week day families get ready for the day full of events. Work, school, taking the kids to school and throwing a pop tart in the toaster, barely burning it but eating it anyways because you don't know when you will have time to catch a lunch break at work. Kids wait for the bus to arrive in down town Manhattan wave bye to their parents (and those were the lucky ones) running on the bus to start their days. Public transportation, people of all kinds, shapes and colors all travel together every morning, whether it be a taxi, subway, bus or even their own car all race to their final destination. Soon enough they hit the office, grab some coffee, sort all their papers together, take a seat and get ready to begin their current occupation when tragedy strikes. No, this was not a typical day. The worry of if, "i gotta get home before traffic gets too bad to take the kids to soccer practice" is totally out the window; literally unfortunately. The average American in downtown Manhattan becomes someone else today. They become heroes, they become courageous, they be come frightened, scared, horrified, and grateful. They know what they have to do. They know their only choices. They try to reach home, they try to say goodbye, they try to help other people of whom they never met to survive.
No, this day was not like any other. This day is not a typical day. This day is a day to remember. A day to appreciate. A day to pray, and a day to give. So many people lost so many important aspects of their life's. So many people gained knowledge of appreciation and thankfulness for what they have, what they had, and what they have to remember.
This world is so big. This world is filled with so many problems. So many things are left unnoticed and under appreciated. "My car isn't fast enough, I don't like my clothes anymore, my house isn't big enough, my mother is mean to me, my sister is picking on me" - These things are UNNOTICED. At least your sister is alive! At least you have clothes! At least you have a car! At least you have a mother who loves you and is alive and around! At least you have a home, and a bed and food and a family! Many people in this world grow up and live without all of those things. But that doesn't matter. Not to most people. Because apparently this world revolves for you and your needs and your desires when this world is left with so many people who have nothing and are thankful for the nothing that they have.. But the more people have the less thankful they are for them. But this is not the point just a tangent from the purpose of this post.
9/11 was a loss to so many individuals of this country. So many mothers never made it home, so many fathers will never see their children again; but all of us are more concerned that our shoes don't match our haircut.
Three hundred and forty three firefighters (including those who VOLUNTEERED) lost their life that day. To protect the public. Nobody can be protected from everything, but you can be protected from something. You can be protected by greediness, and hatred. You can be protected from selfishness and inappreciativeness.
Be thankful you have a car to get to work. Be thankful you don't have to worry about the chain of your bike breaking and you're stuck in the middle of some city nowhere near where you need to be. Be thankful you even have a bike to get to work and don't have to walk regardless of the weather. Time stops for no one.
Open the door for the person who is walking behind you. Let the guy behind you order his Starbucks first if you're not in a rush. Go through your closest for all the clothes that you haven't seen for who knows how long and give it away. Buy canned food to give to the county food bank. Give, give, give. Not take. People take too much these days. They take what's in front of them, they take advantage, they take what's not theirs, they take what they want to help them and possibly hurt someone else. Open your eyes. Look at the person besides you. Ask them how their day is going. Don't complain about the small things. Be happy for the small things. Be grateful for the small things. Pray for your country. Pray for the family's who had to change their life and miss someone special and loved from the tragedy of 9/11.
Be who you wish you were. Be the better person. Be what this world needs to make peace and happiness. Be the person who is thankful. Be the better you. A smile is contagious and tragedies are never forgotten but the remind us of how we can all be better people and give.
Nobody is perfect out there but what is so wrong and trying. Of course people make mistakes, of course people only think of themselves sometime. We are only human and I am guilty of all the negative things that I mentioned in this note. But I am also guilty of change and becoming a better person. I am thankful and grateful. I ask random people how they are. I ask what I can do to help. I offer to help some other person’s day go better without benefiting my own. I love my family. I am thankful they are around. I am thankful for my neighbors who have their family. I am thankful for so many people I don't even know for having what they have. For living, for beating, for believing and helping.
Remember those of 9/11. Those people will always be the better side of themselves. Those people know what they have, and what they lost. Those people are heroes; even the ones that weren't in the buildings. The people at home whose families were in the buildings. They are all heroes and I doubt any of them worry about the shirt they are wearing that doesn't match their socks.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you for being alive. You can do so much. You have so much to offer. You have so much to accomplish and make the better of. Just one person can do so much and if this reached anyone I did my part.
Thank you very much,
Kristi Lane
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