This Day...

I had to write something for all of you on this day. Not only is it the anniversary of the worst act of terrorism in US history, it contains within it the potential to cause deep fear, doubt, hatred.....and can stir up a host of horrible emotions once again, IF we let it. Of course we should honor and remember, that goes without saying. I suggest a slightly more positive path to take today, though.
Rather than looking back in anger, feeling hopeless in the present, and fearing the future, let us try to let go of the emotions surrounding  the event, feel love and gratitude for those who died so that we might learn how to be stronger and survive something more than a broken radiator hose, and vow to put some positive energy and light into this world..which I am well aware is quite dark and frightening these days. Ask yourself, 'what can I do to make the world a better place?'. I've often said to friends over tea, what if this morning we all awoke and decided to just love? Every last one of us, from the middle east to the north pole to the Black Forest....Just love, letting the past and its wars, hatred and need to be right just fall away... The earth would transform on this day, and it would thrive in the atmosphere of love.
Mother Earth would sing to know that her children finally 'get it'. I know this is at best a fantasy, like so many things, but who says that if a group of us put that energy out there anyway, it cannot have a ripple effect somehow? After all, energy affects energy...
I remember where I was on 9-11-01. I remember the feeling I had; I wanted my husband to come home from work at that moment. As soon as I saw the first tower fall, it was as though I could feel the heart of this country fall with it. In our human folly, what HAD we done? Who knew what would come next. The quiet was unmatched when I went outside, and yet, the sun shone in the sky. Birds chirped, the process of life continued in other ways. Still,it was a day which would transform life as we knew it. There was no going back. But friends...I ask you this: Has some good not come out of this tragedy? The Universe does not just randomly dump its waste on us so that we may suffer, because we are 'bad'. There is a deeper lesson. MUCH deeper. I won't drone on about what that lesson is, because naturally, it is different for each of us. My only suggestion is that you rise up to spirit level and look down upon the human race and our one and only physical planet with deep gratitude. Stop living in denial, you CAN do something to better this world. Don't ever say that what you have to offer is too tiny, because 10,000 of us could be saying the same thing and then, not bother. Always give back when you receive. Say 'thank you', share your blessings, touch a heart in need, remember that for as badly as your problems may seem to be there will always be someone else whose problems are worse, who could use a friend in times of despair......when you put love where indifference or hatred once was, you change the entire world. It cannot help but have an effect, and it surely returns to you.
Right now, I want to acknowledge someone who lost her son, Mark, in June to a tragic accident---Earlene. Thank you for turning to me for comfort. That is the greatest compliment I could receive, and in return, I send you immeasurable love to help you cope and bring you soothing healing at this time. Your beauty reminds me that something good can result from something tragic...it just may not come in the form one might expect. Keep looking to the light.
To all of my friends, thank you for being my friends. It is by your light that I find my way. Allow me to offer you that in return. Now go spread some love today!
Namaste'