Obligatory 9/11 Post
I forgot today was 9/11. I remembered sometime this afternoon at work and then had to get straight back to work anyway.
In a way I feel bad for forgetting. It makes me wonder if people who lived during Pearl Harbor and the Holocaust ever "forgot" about those things in their everyday lives after they happened.
Is it bad to forget? I don't think it's bad to forget, but I think it's bad not to remember. If that makes any sense. Maybe forget isn't the proper term for it, but more of a "moving on in a good way".
I cried a lot when 9/11 happened, and I did not know anyone involved. I cried for the people that did and for all the people that were scared and knew they were going to die. I even teared up on the way home from work today listening to the radio and all of the proud and true songs about the U.S.
The idea of the people and the nation moving on can be both good and bad. Some people are angry that people forget and want to move on, other people are proud that the U.S. can still go on despite receiving such a heavy blow. It's hard to really know where to be in such things without offending -someone-.
The same could be said for many of our relatives that pass. This past August was the 10 year anniversary of my cousin Jon being murdered. I had just graduated high school and I was so devastated it felt like my soul was being ripped from my inside. I used to sit and have picnics at his grave and talk to him every couple months. Now I don't go at all, and I even forgot to post about it. I still remember him, but I've moved on.
So what do you think? How do you feel about "Never Forget" and "Always Remember"?
In a way I feel bad for forgetting. It makes me wonder if people who lived during Pearl Harbor and the Holocaust ever "forgot" about those things in their everyday lives after they happened.
Is it bad to forget? I don't think it's bad to forget, but I think it's bad not to remember. If that makes any sense. Maybe forget isn't the proper term for it, but more of a "moving on in a good way".
I cried a lot when 9/11 happened, and I did not know anyone involved. I cried for the people that did and for all the people that were scared and knew they were going to die. I even teared up on the way home from work today listening to the radio and all of the proud and true songs about the U.S.
The idea of the people and the nation moving on can be both good and bad. Some people are angry that people forget and want to move on, other people are proud that the U.S. can still go on despite receiving such a heavy blow. It's hard to really know where to be in such things without offending -someone-.
The same could be said for many of our relatives that pass. This past August was the 10 year anniversary of my cousin Jon being murdered. I had just graduated high school and I was so devastated it felt like my soul was being ripped from my inside. I used to sit and have picnics at his grave and talk to him every couple months. Now I don't go at all, and I even forgot to post about it. I still remember him, but I've moved on.
So what do you think? How do you feel about "Never Forget" and "Always Remember"?