Grateful
I know I haven't written here in years. Part of me wants to delete all of my journal, because it's embarrassing, but it is my past.
I'm writing here today to say how grateful I am to be me. I'm watching a documentary on 9/11. As a New Yorker, I keep thinking of how much this effected America. It feels so strange that I lived this day, my family lived this day, everyone I know lived this day and we're still here, going on our lives. It's so weird that we have a WAR going on, but to be honest, my life hasn't been totally effected by it. I forget there is a war sometimes. I don't have a loved one in the military, thank God. If I did, maybe things would be different. How in the world did ONE event change America FOREVER? Never again will people feel safe. Level orange is "okay". Never can people, including myself, look at a plane the same way. I hadn't heard the word 'terrorist' before the 4th grade. It just wasn't a concept. Now, I bet every 4th grader knows what that means. It's terrible to live in a world like this, constantly in fear.
I'm wondering if the conflict will ever be resolved. Honestly, I don't think it will. It's sad but no matter what, we're changed and there will always be conflict.
I just am so grateful to be alive and for the preciousness of life. The bravery of the human person is amazing. We're a terrible race at times, but next time I currently hate mankind, I'm going to think of the men and women who risked everything on 9/11. New Yorks finest, for sure.
Looking back, we know what happened. Even then, as a 4th grader getting picked up from school, there was a sense of calm. Thank God my parents didn't panic, they acted normal. They explained to me what happened, and you know what I said? "Oh". I didn't know what the twin towers were. I didn't understand exactly what that meant. I said "Oh", and Blair and I continued playing with my lego dinosaurs. How lucky.
It's easy to understand how people could have LITERALLY thought that was Armageddon. LITERALLY, the END of the WORLD. Terrifying.
Seeing the pictures of New York, not just that area but all of New York, in smoke, is insane.
So happy Osama is dead. Hopefully, we can take this information and do something with it.
Life is precious, remember that.
I'm writing here today to say how grateful I am to be me. I'm watching a documentary on 9/11. As a New Yorker, I keep thinking of how much this effected America. It feels so strange that I lived this day, my family lived this day, everyone I know lived this day and we're still here, going on our lives. It's so weird that we have a WAR going on, but to be honest, my life hasn't been totally effected by it. I forget there is a war sometimes. I don't have a loved one in the military, thank God. If I did, maybe things would be different. How in the world did ONE event change America FOREVER? Never again will people feel safe. Level orange is "okay". Never can people, including myself, look at a plane the same way. I hadn't heard the word 'terrorist' before the 4th grade. It just wasn't a concept. Now, I bet every 4th grader knows what that means. It's terrible to live in a world like this, constantly in fear.
I'm wondering if the conflict will ever be resolved. Honestly, I don't think it will. It's sad but no matter what, we're changed and there will always be conflict.
I just am so grateful to be alive and for the preciousness of life. The bravery of the human person is amazing. We're a terrible race at times, but next time I currently hate mankind, I'm going to think of the men and women who risked everything on 9/11. New Yorks finest, for sure.
Looking back, we know what happened. Even then, as a 4th grader getting picked up from school, there was a sense of calm. Thank God my parents didn't panic, they acted normal. They explained to me what happened, and you know what I said? "Oh". I didn't know what the twin towers were. I didn't understand exactly what that meant. I said "Oh", and Blair and I continued playing with my lego dinosaurs. How lucky.
It's easy to understand how people could have LITERALLY thought that was Armageddon. LITERALLY, the END of the WORLD. Terrifying.
Seeing the pictures of New York, not just that area but all of New York, in smoke, is insane.
So happy Osama is dead. Hopefully, we can take this information and do something with it.
Life is precious, remember that.