This year, we couldn’t put 9-11 in our review mirror fast enough.
It is an ugly occasion, made all the worse for the wounds it annually rips open. It stings a little bit every year, more so this year, being a decade down now.
However, we would like to stop the pain train here. Yes, more than 3000 civilians and responders died on that horrible day. Yes, it was the worst terrorist attack ever on American soil and no, thanks to two foreign wars, two budget busting presidents and a world wide recession, we are not out of the woods yet.
We should never forget the events of 9/11, but maybe we could stop talking up how badly we feel about it and instead start focusing on what we are going to do to move forward.
We got hit and hurt badly 10 years ago Sunday, and life will never be the same again, but we are still Americans and this is still America.
We didn’t become a world superpower by sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves and we are not going to get out of this mess we’re in by continually reminding ourselves that we should feel badly.
Look at Ground Zero today. A new building is taking shape there, one designed to be better and stronger than the monolithic Twin Towers it replaces. Like us, still recovering from that assault, the new building is not done, but it is coming along.
It’s a work in progress.
The way out is not behind us. It’s ahead.
