It’s 9/11 again.

I recall waking up and turning on the news that morning and saying out loud “I can’t believe what is happening in our world today.” Twelve years later, our President’s primary option in Syria is to use military force. Russia, on the other hand, maneuvers a possible solution through the use of diplomacy (or to be cynical, strategic propaganda). Either way, I hear the same voice in my head saying “I can’t believe what is happening in our world today.”

I’m tired of hearing about 9/11 — not because I’m insensitive but because that day sucked so bad that it hurts to be reminded of it. It also sucks how things have changed from 9/10/2001 and I’m tired of being reminded about those too. There are those people and cultures that feel the need to “never forget” the negative past, and seize the opportunity to recall and relive it. I seize the opportunity to live now and look at the beauty around me, striving to build upon it. In observing and living the beauty now, my inner voice can say “I truly love what is happening in my world today.”