for me, 9/11 is about remembering the victims and their families, but also about remembering the brave first responders and random acts of courage between strangers that happened on this day, september 11th, many years ago now.
may the moments of courage and overwhelming humanity - both seen and unseen - that occurred on that day remind us of the incomparable ability for our human spirit to triumph over hatred, evil and destruction.
may we never forget, but may we all...worldwide...learn from this tragedy to move in the direction of peace and unity. in the midst of all this, i always have to stop and remind myself that, since the beginning of mankind, we've been drawing lines on maps and then arguing over them. but, if you actually look at the earth, there are no lines. we just made them up.
to further put this into perspective, i leave you all with the brilliant Carl Sagan's famous words about this "pale, blue dot" that is our planet:
