911 (September 11th) - We remember, so we learn, so history does not repeat itself. To me, it’s so much more than just not forgetting, it’s a duty of us all…. (Cont /1) Do you remember where you were on 9/11? #september11#neverforget#neverstoplearning#rememberingheroes#leaderslead
10/ Where you were on 911? How you felt that day, the week after? The month after that?
9/ … when we blindly follow false leaders with no questions allowed to be asked, when we don’t take responsibility for past mistakes, when we stop educating ourselves with 360 degree points of view, we risk a repeating of it all. In my humble opinion, anyway #weRememberSoWeLearn
8/ … radicalized subset, who had been convinced by a cult of personality to hate a perceived enemy where their means justified their ends. When we stop listening to the other side, when we allow ourselves to become radicalized, when we… (cont)
7/… a desire to understand WHY. If we could understand Why anyone would anyone want to do this, perhaps we could stop it from happening again. Some thought an entire religion attacked us that day, but anyone with their eyes open could see it was a radicalized… (cont)
6/ …as a business trip was cancelled. Over the subsequent days, I joined the thousands planting flags in the park, one for every life lost. I continued that tradition for years… All those emotions from 9/11/01, Anger, fear, immediate motivation to take action - eventually gave way to… (cont)
5/ … And we remember all of the lives lost in the countless offshoots because of that day: wars in foreign countries, bombings, shootings, false leaders preaching hatred… We remember so we learn - so we can break the cycle from repeating… I was lucky on 9/11/2001 as a… (cont)
4/ …We also remember all of the lives lost of the first responders and searchers - some lost that day, some later because of that day. We learn - not to allow our pain to breed prejudices. And we… (cont)
3/ …I did not know them. But it still hit home. Anger. Fear. Desire to Understand... And dozens of other emotions overwhelmed us all. We remember so we learn - not to allow our pain to become blind hatred. We also remember… (cont)
2/ It’s a painful memory, remembering all of the lives senselessly lost that day in a war they didn’t even know they were fighting. One of our neighbors was on one of the planes that day…. (Cont)