Remembrance

I can picture the classroom I was sitting in eleven years ago. We had to take FACS which was basically a home skills class, and we had a classroom with kitchens in it. A teacher came in and started talking to ours. We all just sat there rather bored and wondering what the hold-up was. We weren't allowed to turn the tv on. We didn't really know what was going on. When I got home that day, I found out that my country had been attacked.
Today my facebook newsfeed was smattered with statuses of remembrance, and one of those got me thinking about why we remember today. And many people around the world don't. But they remember something similar. Living abroad, I've heard different opinions of Americans/American patriotism, the war, terrorism, international relations, and even 9/11 itself. But no matter who you are or what you think of any of these things let me make myself clear: There is bad in the world. But there's good too. And we can all be both. There is no more room for hate toward anyone in this world. We all need to be more tolerant, more understanding, more accepting, and a lot more loving. We all need to, individually and collectively, be that good.

I'm not just saying. I'm definitely saying.