6 years

but are you a better person (photo: joesnyc)

So, 6 years ago today, we all know the story. It changed us all forever....and I was thinking about this day on my way into the city this morning, as the Q train rolled over the Manhattan bridge, and one is able to gaze in the direction of where the towers once stood. I thought, you know what, I think I am sadder for our country than I was 6 years ago, this very day. What a sad thought, a day in which 3,000 innocent victims were killed in an instant because of one massive cowardly attack of terrorism, 6 years ago, and yet I am sadder today than I was then? Could that even be possible?? This one tragic event has spread like a disease, and its seemingly incurable. Wars (yes two of them, and they are never ending), Corruption, Scandal, Billions of Dollars Wasted, Lies, Cheating, Phish broke up, Spinning, Fear, and worst of all the continuous Exploitation (for various gain) of the actual event itself. Sick enough yet.....or do you just ignore it, like most of us do (including me). So many of us our unbelievably embarrassed by our country, its leaders and its actions, we can't even talk about it anymore without our blood boiling. So we don't talk about it.....preferring to focus on an election over a year away, hoping and praying for a change, a change we can't define, and one I don't really believe in.

Negativity sucks, and its not something I prefer to talk about....but on this day, I encourage everyone to think about both what happened 6 years ago, and what has happened since....try not to get angry, and write to me if you can find something positive that you can share about the America post 9/11

In the meantime, a new year is upon my people, yes Rosh Hashana (translates, head of the year). Its a new beginning for the whole world. An opportunity to start over....what a great concept. So make the holiday personal, this is your chance, and look back see where and with what you went wrong this past year, where did you grow. Build on growth, and figure out a way of avoiding the pitfalls of the past. Come up with ideas that help us not go down the paths we’ve gone on, but do lead us down the road to perfection. Don't just plan or hope for a better year, do something about it. Building on your growth and fixing your shortcomings and all this through concrete actions that will eventually lead us all to going higher and becoming bigger than we are today. Its about you, your family, and your community, and with that mindset, all of this other stuff as I wrote above will take care of itself, in its own way....and with that I wish all of my readers a sweet, joyous new year.