taking a moment to remember

More than a decade ago, now just a few blocks from my home here in New York City, were the tragic events of 9/11.  Those events incomprehensible then and still today, but as a nation we only hope to have become stronger.   No matter how we were effected, we will always remember the moment when it all happened – where we were and what we were doing.  Though it’s unbelievable how far we’ve come, and how much time has passed, it’s so important to take a moment today to clear our minds, set aside our priorities, and urge ourselves to choose love over hate, selflessness over selfishness, to give rather than take, and to remember the ones who are easily forgotten...