I mean what I say when I say that 9/11 commemoration has a whiny quality about it. No one commemorates the hurricane Katrina tragedy. The way that America picks it's battles and grieving process is discriminatorily (is that a word?) one sided. Soldiers die in Afghanistan and Iraq everyday, who is thinking about them?
It's sad what this country has come to. I heard people speaking about the fact that on the day of the Towers falling, no one considered skin color or gender. I heard people say that people were just helping each other. It is sad that that is what it takes for people in this country to look past the surface and see each other as human.
After that one day, back to business as usual.
I am writing this morning after waking up to get my young son off to school. He is decidedly cheerful and exuberant. I am still sleepy. When I went outside to bring the garbage to the curb, two dead maggots decorated the top of the can. I would have gagged but I was too sleepy. Snails or slugs had decorated the top of the can with dew drops. I was impressed.
My young son told me that his back hurt. He said the same thing yesterday after he came in from playing. I told him that if he can go outside and ride his bike and play with a hurt back, he can go to school. He does that sometimes...I used to do that when I was a kid. I would try to stay home from school. I liked school though. He does too.
I am living. Today. I want a cup of coffee but I will wait until it's time to go to my meeting. I like sitting there and sipping on coffee while we talk about what ails us. I don't care anymore about what I say on my blog. I am tired of hearing people rant about political issues and lying in their rants.
I guess they're lying. Maybe they think they are telling the truth...who knows?
If you say something that's not true and you think it is, that is denial. Denial is the process of lying to yourself as well as everyone else.
We are a nation in denial. The United States is sick. When patients who are in denial wait until their disease is so advanced that they have to go to the doctor they have decrease their chances of survival. Markedly.
I mean what I say.
It's sad what this country has come to. I heard people speaking about the fact that on the day of the Towers falling, no one considered skin color or gender. I heard people say that people were just helping each other. It is sad that that is what it takes for people in this country to look past the surface and see each other as human.
After that one day, back to business as usual.
I am writing this morning after waking up to get my young son off to school. He is decidedly cheerful and exuberant. I am still sleepy. When I went outside to bring the garbage to the curb, two dead maggots decorated the top of the can. I would have gagged but I was too sleepy. Snails or slugs had decorated the top of the can with dew drops. I was impressed.
My young son told me that his back hurt. He said the same thing yesterday after he came in from playing. I told him that if he can go outside and ride his bike and play with a hurt back, he can go to school. He does that sometimes...I used to do that when I was a kid. I would try to stay home from school. I liked school though. He does too.
I am living. Today. I want a cup of coffee but I will wait until it's time to go to my meeting. I like sitting there and sipping on coffee while we talk about what ails us. I don't care anymore about what I say on my blog. I am tired of hearing people rant about political issues and lying in their rants.
I guess they're lying. Maybe they think they are telling the truth...who knows?
If you say something that's not true and you think it is, that is denial. Denial is the process of lying to yourself as well as everyone else.
We are a nation in denial. The United States is sick. When patients who are in denial wait until their disease is so advanced that they have to go to the doctor they have decrease their chances of survival. Markedly.
I mean what I say.
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