Sep 11 2006
I’m not a fan of anniversaries…
Yes, you are reading this post on the 5th Anniversary of the Al-Qaeda Bombing of the Twin Towers in New York City, NY (like all of those capital letters?). So, before I begin, I want to openly declare my admiration for all of the rescue workers who risked their lives doing their jobs on September 11th, 2001, in Lower Manhattan, along with anyone else (whether private citizen or corporation) who donated time, energy or resources to assist those brave men & women on that day (and subsequent days/weeks/months). To all of those who died that day, placing their own well-beings in danger to bring others to safety — I hope that your efforts are never forgotten and that your families have found (or are still in the process of finding) peace, hope, & strength in the past 5 years.
And now, on with the show….
Yes, as my title declares, I’m not really a fan of the concept of anniversary — not because I have a bad memory or that I’m unsentimental and don’t like commemorating the events of the past. My negative feelings towards anniversaries mostly deal with the fact that I think that most people are lazy with their memories and how they actually process the details of the event being remembered on an anniversary.
Let me explain….
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