World Trade Center Archives

Remembering 9/11

9/11. Numbers forever etched in our hearts and minds.

There’s not much that I can add here that hasn’t already been said about that horrific day in our country’s history. It will forever leave a deep wound in each of our hearts.

I was in NYC that day. We all moved around in shock after the event…in slow motion, like a nightmare that we couldn’t shake. Is this for real? How could this happen? So many questions…so much enduring pain.

We must always, and I mean always, remember that day and the loved one’s we lost. Time leaves a scar but the feelings remain. Strong, unending love that can never be extinguished.

Life is not an easy road…we experience pain alongside joy, fear alongside comfort. This is how it is. So I believe it is our responsibility to remind ourselves each day that we are fortunate – even in the midst of struggle or sadness – to be here and to be given the chance to live our lives as best we can.

Be safe my friends. – BB

Two Cents Tuesday

Remembering

Today’s Two Cents Tuesday is about remembrance.

It’s 9/11. And we all know what that means. It’s a sad day for our country and a day we will never forget.

As a writer and a happiness guide, my skills fall short today. Because words, although beautiful and healing, can never completely capture the pain or provide relief for an event this big. All I can do, we can do, is be kind to one another today – to let our hearts be our guide, to use a hug as expression.

It is our duty as a nation to remember those we lost and this horrible day in our history. Not as a way to keep us in pain or in a state of anger, but as a pathway to hope and forgiveness. To let this day be a reminder that we are meant to be vessels of love and compassion, not intolerance and violence.

We can’t change what happened that September day, but we can always remember and honor those who died and those who fought through the endless days of recovery. We can treat each other with the respect each of us deserves. And we can create a future that is filled with joy and happiness for generations to come – so that we will never have to live through this again.

We have the power to do that – by always remembering. – BB