Take a Moment

"We Remember because They're Our Families" by Synapped

It's been a strange, often infuriating seven years since the attacks of September 11, 2001. From the day when our collective psyche was utterly shocked, to today's dulled memory pains, wars have been waged, more thousands of lives lost. Laws drafted, laws broken. Patriotism redefined in terms of ribbons and flag pins. Men and women politicizing the day for personal gain. Sad, ridiculous conspiracy theorists claiming it was an inside job.

For today, let's please set the noise aside. Set it aside and remember that a lot of innocent people were killed.

Tomorrow we can all get back to work. Back to whatever great or small thing we can do to fix this. Back to doing the right thing instead of the reactionary thing.