MEanderings

I don't always think about the date when I'm writing this blog. So I totally forgot what yesterday's date was.

The anniversary of 9/11.

I was working yet another dead end data entry job (I lost that job because I had the nerve to tell my supervisor that data entry wasn't "rocket science"). I had stepped into the breakroom to grab some coffee and everyone was in there watching the television. Once I heard about what was going on, I joined them.

It was like it wasn't real. Couldn't be real. It was horrible to watch the tower as it crumbled in on itself. It was like a bad dream.

I remember as I drove home thinking that anyone could start dropping bombs at any moment. They could even drop one on the road I was travelling.

What is so ironic to me is that, since that time, people have become so much more apathetic. There's a lot less heart in the world than there used to be. You would think it would be the other way around.

I can testify to the compassion people had 40 years ago. People grieved for months after John F. Kennedy was shot. It was as though they took the loss personally.

People were shocked at 9/11. They were frightened afterwards. But they did not take it personally, save for those who actually lost someone in the tragedy.

What truly aggrieves me is that people seem to have forgotten that our current administration was forewarned about the attacks and did nothing. An America 40 years ago would have protested vehemently about this.

Yet people continue about their daily lives. No protests. No cries of outrage. No taking things to heart any more.

Do we still have a heart as a nation? Do people still have hearts individually?

Where is the soul America once had? It's not in that SUV or ipod. You won't find it in a brand of tennis shoe or at Mickey D's.

It is supposed to be within us, each and every American citizen. We are supposed to be the heart and soul of this nation.

In the movie, "National Treasure" Nicholas Cage quotes from the Declaration of Independence. The gist of it is that, if there is something wrong with our government, those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

So where are those in positions of power who have the ability to take action? Because they certainly aren't taking the responsibility.

I love that I am an American. But there's a lot wrong with our government and nation that need to be fixed.

And these things should be fixed in memory of those who have died in America's name. In the name of freedom, justice and liberty for all.

Like those who died in 9/11. Involuntarily drafted by outside forces to be soliders and examples of what corruption and terrorism can accomplish.

I pray for peace.

Pen


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