September 11, 2011

Music Sunday: If everyone cared

Today, in New York City and beyond, Americans are remembering a day they will never forget by honoring those who were killed, injured or impacted by the terrorist events on September 11, 2001; a tenth year anniversary of shock and sadness.

Newspapers from around the US honored the day with front page tributes to 9/11 and stories remembering those they lost or the horror they felt that day. Amid the sadness, one column stood out to me as a better way to move forward.

Lynne Steuerle Scholfield lost her mother on 9/11when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. She writes that the annual tributes may help some heal their emotional wounds, but for her, it is as if she is asked to attend her mother's funeral again and again. She believes her mother, a clinical psychologist, would prefer we honor the day with compassion and action by looking ahead and taking positive steps to acceptance and renewal, the final steps in the grieving process. Read the essay here: "A new way to remember September 11."

I respectfully agree. In order for the nation to heal, we must take the next step and encourage others to do the same. I believe this song by Nickelback, "If Everyone Cared," inspires us to act more, with compassion always.

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