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What a Difference A Day Makes To
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9-11
What a Difference a
Day Makes
On Monday we emailed jokes.
On Tuesday we did not.
On Monday we though we were
secure.
On Tuesday we learned
better.
On Monday we were talking
about heroes as being athletes.
On Tuesday we relearned who
our heroes are.
On Monday we were irritated
that our rebate checks had not arrived.
On Tuesday we gave money
away to people we had never met.
On Monday there were people
fighting against praying in schools.
On Tuesday you would have
been hard pressed to find a school where someone was not
praying.
On Monday people argued with
their kids about picking up their room.
On Tuesday the same people
could not get home fast enough to hug their kids.
On Monday people were upset
that they had to wait 6 minutes in a fast food drive through
line.
On Tuesday people didn't
care about waiting up to 6 hours to give blood for the dying.
On Monday we waved our flags
signifying our cultural diversity.
On Tuesday we waved only the
American flag.
On Monday there were people
trying to separate each other by race, sex, color and creed.
On Tuesday they were all
holding hands.
On Monday we were men or
women, black or white, old or young, rich or poor, Christian
or non-Christian.
On Tuesday we were
Americans.
On Monday politicians argued
about budget surpluses.
On Tuesday grief stricken,
they sang "God Bless America".
On Monday the President was
going to Florida to read to children.
On Tuesday he returned to
Washington to protect our children.
On Monday we had families.
On Tuesday we had orphans.
On Monday people went to
work as usual.
On Tuesday they died.
On Monday people were
fighting the 10 commandments on government property.
On Tuesday the same people
all said 'God help us all' while thinking 'Thou shalt not
kill'!
It is sadly ironic how it
takes horrific events to place things in perspective, but it
has. The lessons learned, the things we have taken for
granted, the things that have been forgotten or overlooked,
hopefully will never be forgotten again
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This is another effort by an unknown (to me) wordsmith. The words came to me in the form of an email message. I believe there is much upon which to contemplate here. |
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