Comments on: dark days behind us, brighter days ahead

By: deepali

deepali — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:15:31 +0000

as someone who was also at a ground zero that day, i can fully relate to this. i have always hoped that we can get to the point where we turn our tragedies into reasons for ending other tragedies.

By: deepali

deepali — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:15:31 +0000

as someone who was also at a ground zero that day, i can fully relate to this. i have always hoped that we can get to the point where we turn our tragedies into reasons for ending other tragedies.

By: move to portugal

move to portugal — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:34:26 +0000

I echo everything Emily says Steve. I don't comment enough either, however your posts are often very moving, very thought provoking and usually spot on, this one is no different.
-Laura

By: deepali

deepali — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:15:31 +0000

as someone who was also at a ground zero that day, i can fully relate to this. i have always hoped that we can get to the point where we turn our tragedies into reasons for ending other tragedies.

By: move to portugal

move to portugal — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:34:26 +0000

I echo everything Emily says Steve. I don't comment enough either, however your posts are often very moving, very thought provoking and usually spot on, this one is no different.
-Laura

By: bripblap

bripblap — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:56:06 +0000

And really, Curmudgeon, past thinking about the grand nature of good versus evil and man's relationship with God and the universe and whatnot there's really the simple fact that life's a muddle of relationships and every time one of them disappears, life's a little less. Like John Donne said, “any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.” – but it applies even more to those close to you. I am sorry for your loss.

By: bripblap

bripblap — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:51:48 +0000

That's such a compliment that I hardly know what to say – I'm sorry I made you cry, but I understand why you felt that way. Thanks so much, Emily.

By: bripblap

bripblap — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:45:50 +0000

Thanks, Carrie, that means a lot to me. I always have thought that day we stop talking about inflammatory subjects is the day we aren't human anymore.

By: Curmudgeon

Curmudgeon — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:15:14 +0000

I lost two valued coworkers on 9/11, one on each of the planes out of Logan that hit the two towers. I remember that day, every move, every thought, every news item, better than I do yesterday. As I get older, the day affects me more deeply. I don't think of good and evil so much as I do the lives that have touched my own life, and are no longer there. I'm off now to join some of my former colleagues to toast to their memory.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:34:53 +0000

I don't think I comment enough here, mostly because almost every time you write something I don't feel like there is anything I could possibly add. I enjoy everything you write and your perspective is refreshing in this community. This is no exception and the post from last year made me cry. My point is, Thanks, Steve. Well said.