Remember, remember...
Remember, remember the 11th of September does not flow off the tongue quite as nicely as the 5th of November (ala "V for Vendetta" for those that are keeping score).
I saw the "Where Were You?" commercials all day and watched the movie on ABC, "The Path to 9/11" and pretty much stayed in bed thinking about all sorts of people and places and what not. And I thought about how thankful I am for what *I* still have.
And I cried; oh, how I cried at times. Softly now, heart-wrenchingly at others... I spoke to a few individuals about their thoughts on the day and on the events preceding and post-ceding this [what is someday likely to be viewed as], a seminal event of our generation. To be certain I was left feeling a tad unfulfilled and wanting. Which is difficult to describe...
I do not know what others were or are feeling and on many levels I do not wish to know. While I consider myself an empathic sort of person, your pain in this is yours and you may keep it. And to stand here and state, "I have lost xyz" at this juncture, when so many others have lost as well, is, well, it is tacky and uncouth. I realize that that probably sounds like I am saying that some people's losses are more serious than others...and to an extent, that is what I am saying.
But what I am *also* saying is that while some losses are indeed greater, no loss is more or less valid nor greater to those that experienced that loss than any other. In other words, my loss is just as valid to me as your loss is to you. And the game of one-up-man-ship that appears to be taking place is just sickening! So leave it at: "I lost, you lost, we all lost, let us all feel for each other" and [for lack of betting wording here] move on.
Stop! Just stop trying to convince me or others that your loss is more important or that your loss *is* indeed greater. It is not as important to me or to anyone else or for that matter is mine to you.
9/11 is one of those tragedies, that while it happened to us all collectively, happened to each of us as individuals on many levels. If you are having trouble following what I am stating, that may only serve as fodder for the point I think that I am trying to make...but I am not certain of that either. Especially given what I write next.
I am not a fan of sitting and spouting that I know (or worse yet *knew*) someone that does something that y'all think (or should think) is important and therefore my take on things should be given a certain measure of weight that you might not otherwise be willing to proffer. Of spouting that because I know someone that my point is more valid than others. Although I will admit that I have done this--and worse yet, I probably did not even realize I was doing it!
It seems that more and more often these days that I have been reading blogs and posts and the like that appear to take this tact. Or worse yet, hear this sort of thing more and more often in public settings. And not just on this, 9/11, but also on so many other things. It seems in many ways a bizarre-O version of "he said she said".
As if we all have to prove to the general public that *might* be reading whatever we are writing and spouting, that we are not just truthful, but that we are somehow more *right* than the next person you are going to read.
What a crock! It has become the on-line equivalent of Los Angeles type name-dropping! How droll! How did we get to this place? Is it because on some level we all think everyone on the internet is not telling the truth? Is it a reflection on the internet or on ourselves? And more importantly, how do we make ourselves stop?
Whatever you are thinking and feeling this day, I share and also feel. And I hope that in time all our pain lessens and heals. Until then,
Take care & be well!
Miss Lisa Renee
I saw the "Where Were You?" commercials all day and watched the movie on ABC, "The Path to 9/11" and pretty much stayed in bed thinking about all sorts of people and places and what not. And I thought about how thankful I am for what *I* still have.
And I cried; oh, how I cried at times. Softly now, heart-wrenchingly at others... I spoke to a few individuals about their thoughts on the day and on the events preceding and post-ceding this [what is someday likely to be viewed as], a seminal event of our generation. To be certain I was left feeling a tad unfulfilled and wanting. Which is difficult to describe...
I do not know what others were or are feeling and on many levels I do not wish to know. While I consider myself an empathic sort of person, your pain in this is yours and you may keep it. And to stand here and state, "I have lost xyz" at this juncture, when so many others have lost as well, is, well, it is tacky and uncouth. I realize that that probably sounds like I am saying that some people's losses are more serious than others...and to an extent, that is what I am saying.
But what I am *also* saying is that while some losses are indeed greater, no loss is more or less valid nor greater to those that experienced that loss than any other. In other words, my loss is just as valid to me as your loss is to you. And the game of one-up-man-ship that appears to be taking place is just sickening! So leave it at: "I lost, you lost, we all lost, let us all feel for each other" and [for lack of betting wording here] move on.
Stop! Just stop trying to convince me or others that your loss is more important or that your loss *is* indeed greater. It is not as important to me or to anyone else or for that matter is mine to you.
9/11 is one of those tragedies, that while it happened to us all collectively, happened to each of us as individuals on many levels. If you are having trouble following what I am stating, that may only serve as fodder for the point I think that I am trying to make...but I am not certain of that either. Especially given what I write next.
I am not a fan of sitting and spouting that I know (or worse yet *knew*) someone that does something that y'all think (or should think) is important and therefore my take on things should be given a certain measure of weight that you might not otherwise be willing to proffer. Of spouting that because I know someone that my point is more valid than others. Although I will admit that I have done this--and worse yet, I probably did not even realize I was doing it!
It seems that more and more often these days that I have been reading blogs and posts and the like that appear to take this tact. Or worse yet, hear this sort of thing more and more often in public settings. And not just on this, 9/11, but also on so many other things. It seems in many ways a bizarre-O version of "he said she said".
As if we all have to prove to the general public that *might* be reading whatever we are writing and spouting, that we are not just truthful, but that we are somehow more *right* than the next person you are going to read.
What a crock! It has become the on-line equivalent of Los Angeles type name-dropping! How droll! How did we get to this place? Is it because on some level we all think everyone on the internet is not telling the truth? Is it a reflection on the internet or on ourselves? And more importantly, how do we make ourselves stop?
Whatever you are thinking and feeling this day, I share and also feel. And I hope that in time all our pain lessens and heals. Until then,
Take care & be well!
Miss Lisa Renee