Five Years

A little reflection on 9/11. I didn't mean to sound like a pompous politician, but it sure came out that way. My apologies.

It will soon be the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks on our country. We live in an age now where innocence has been scared from our world and we are not on track to regain some of the dignity we had before the attacks.

The world will not be absent from such injustices as this nation experienced five years ago if selfishness endures. It is much to ask and much to sacrifice but we must not entangle strangers of this country in our conflicts. And we must not be entangled in our stranger’s conflicts.

However much we pray for a peaceful outcome there will be those who wish it not for their own personal reasons. People have many different wants but the similarities we find in each other need to bind us together. Our paths need not cross in violent ways but in peaceful ways so that we may not hinder others in their search for contentment.

The future holds the unknown. No matter what we choose to do the same judgment will come down upon us all. It will be swift and just. But who may be dealt with differently in this world is not the decision of the United States. We are pawns on a chessboard that is played by a much more powerful force.

The day the towers fell showed us what humans could do. I wish not to have another incident in which men and women need to sacrifice so much. However, I fear that the path we are on right now will inevitably lead to a similar attack on us or any of the nations that side with the policies of the United States.