I'm a little pissed at myself for not even getting it all out to begin with. I've been sitting here talking up a storm with numerous people today about tomorrow and its meaning. I still remain the same with stating that it is a day to remember the fallen. Its still a day to appreciate where we are today. I didn't go into too much of this but I did say that EVERYDAY should be appreciated and remembered for what it is. Not just because it happens to be an Anniversary for something that happened.
Sitting here between my football games I see all these things about what people are doing tomorrow. All the TV specials, the speeches, How they are making there day mean something. Its great to do...but why can't people do that everyday? These family's that are now empty of people daily are reminded of their losses. Everyone else just looks at the Calendar to make that day be something more. Now how does that make sense?
Me personally, I look up at the sky quite frequently. I still remember the feeling of silence in the air. I remember the feelings I felt that day and all the crap I had to deal with when I was expected to go back to work and be another member of corporate society. Dealing with again people taking advantage of any situation possible to get something out of it. Its so frustrating. There are so many bad people in the world and bad things still happen. Did you know statistically the crime rate for September 11th since 2001 has been drastically depleted to almost nothing? People still fuck up, but not on September 11th. Why is it that people only come together when NBC says its an Anniversary and Pauly from Jersey Shore says too? Basically, I still remember my colleague and his family and his daughter quite frequently, not because a calendar reminds me of it. I see firefighters and can be emotionally overwhelmed just because of knowing what they do, what they can do, and what they did. I guess its kinda good I don't work at a Trauma Facility anymore. I used to work with the firefighters quite a bit for dealing with well...trauma patients. I've met people over the years that shared with me their story and what they do to change because of what happened and that is now instilled in my heart as well. As I said, I don't just see a firefighter anymore. I see the person that they are, that they are capable of and the people that were just like them. I always appreciated the military, but actually knowing quite a few now more personally and dealing with everything that we have, its a whole different feeling to see that uniform. I'm that person in a grocery store or at a mall and I see a soldier and I will just go up to them and shake their hand and say "Thank you". I don't expect anything else....I just do that. I just Value them. My brother in-law is dedicated a life to the air-force. My father dedicated time to the Air force. Friends of mine are serving. There is just more meaning behind what people do. Taking just one day to say thank you to those that are firefighters, police officers and our military just isn't right. Wake the the fuck up and appreciate what others do. Appreciate all that has happen for you to have the life that you have now. It comes from things that our history as American's have been challenged with. Don't make a calendar say when to think of Pearl Harbor and the people lost that day. Don't make a calendar remind you of when a person just ran into a burning building to save someone in it. Don't make a calendar say for you to do anything differently...well make sure you take your trash out on trash day.
No matter what every year I will always do the same. Its my daughter's birthday. I will always pay tribute to her as I will every day of her life. Why? Because I value her. I value also to see a plane in the sky....I can walk in the buildings downtown and feel okay to be on the 25th floor. ...I can get on a plane (with Xanax) and when I light candles for prayers for others, I still think not only of people I hold close, but of others I don't even know. That's just me though. Not everyone else does.
I just wanted to I guess to feed off of what I wrote earlier. Yes, please make some sort of tribute to remember. Even its just 5 seconds of silence or opening a door for a stranger. The biggest picture I just want everyone to know is that don't make an Anniversary make you a better person for just one day, be that everyday. Remember what happened...appreciate all fallen heroes and the ones lacing up their boots for today. Value being an American and everything that comes with it.
Sitting here between my football games I see all these things about what people are doing tomorrow. All the TV specials, the speeches, How they are making there day mean something. Its great to do...but why can't people do that everyday? These family's that are now empty of people daily are reminded of their losses. Everyone else just looks at the Calendar to make that day be something more. Now how does that make sense?
Me personally, I look up at the sky quite frequently. I still remember the feeling of silence in the air. I remember the feelings I felt that day and all the crap I had to deal with when I was expected to go back to work and be another member of corporate society. Dealing with again people taking advantage of any situation possible to get something out of it. Its so frustrating. There are so many bad people in the world and bad things still happen. Did you know statistically the crime rate for September 11th since 2001 has been drastically depleted to almost nothing? People still fuck up, but not on September 11th. Why is it that people only come together when NBC says its an Anniversary and Pauly from Jersey Shore says too? Basically, I still remember my colleague and his family and his daughter quite frequently, not because a calendar reminds me of it. I see firefighters and can be emotionally overwhelmed just because of knowing what they do, what they can do, and what they did. I guess its kinda good I don't work at a Trauma Facility anymore. I used to work with the firefighters quite a bit for dealing with well...trauma patients. I've met people over the years that shared with me their story and what they do to change because of what happened and that is now instilled in my heart as well. As I said, I don't just see a firefighter anymore. I see the person that they are, that they are capable of and the people that were just like them. I always appreciated the military, but actually knowing quite a few now more personally and dealing with everything that we have, its a whole different feeling to see that uniform. I'm that person in a grocery store or at a mall and I see a soldier and I will just go up to them and shake their hand and say "Thank you". I don't expect anything else....I just do that. I just Value them. My brother in-law is dedicated a life to the air-force. My father dedicated time to the Air force. Friends of mine are serving. There is just more meaning behind what people do. Taking just one day to say thank you to those that are firefighters, police officers and our military just isn't right. Wake the the fuck up and appreciate what others do. Appreciate all that has happen for you to have the life that you have now. It comes from things that our history as American's have been challenged with. Don't make a calendar say when to think of Pearl Harbor and the people lost that day. Don't make a calendar remind you of when a person just ran into a burning building to save someone in it. Don't make a calendar say for you to do anything differently...well make sure you take your trash out on trash day.
No matter what every year I will always do the same. Its my daughter's birthday. I will always pay tribute to her as I will every day of her life. Why? Because I value her. I value also to see a plane in the sky....I can walk in the buildings downtown and feel okay to be on the 25th floor. ...I can get on a plane (with Xanax) and when I light candles for prayers for others, I still think not only of people I hold close, but of others I don't even know. That's just me though. Not everyone else does.
I just wanted to I guess to feed off of what I wrote earlier. Yes, please make some sort of tribute to remember. Even its just 5 seconds of silence or opening a door for a stranger. The biggest picture I just want everyone to know is that don't make an Anniversary make you a better person for just one day, be that everyday. Remember what happened...appreciate all fallen heroes and the ones lacing up their boots for today. Value being an American and everything that comes with it.
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