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Today is Motivational Friday.  However, today is more than motivation, more than rememberance…Life Changing.

I can not believe it has been eight years since the horrible world tragedy…  There are a few events that we all will remember in some way.  These events are so powerful to our senses, that when you hear about them and think about them, they conjure up these incredible feelings and memories.  You can remember the exact place and moment and maybe even the smell. 

I wasn’t born yet, but things like The First Walk on the Moon, JFK Assassination etc.  I was born in the 70’s and really remember the Challenger Space Flight Explosion.  I remember where I was standing, what I was thinking and the memories are vivid.  When the US invaded Iraq in the first Desert Storm.  Princess Diana’s death was another one.

9/11 is magnified so big compared to those…   The event was magnanimous.  It has changed and shaped history.

I have talked to so many people about what they remember about 9/11…  The number one response I got was that they realized that we were no longer safe on American Soil.  Since Pearl Harbor, it was probably the only real attack on American Soil.  American’s have and do take our security for granted.  It is just the lifestyle in so many other countries.   In Israel, every day and every place is the potential for a car bomber or death on every corner.  I could not even imagine living in the Middle East, India, Africa. or really anywhere outside the United States.

People remember the unity it brought to our country, resolve of our country & our people, the bravery and the heroes…  Fire Fighters ran into the buildings knowing they would probably collapse.  Soldiers go onto battlefields knowing it may be their last.  These people put their lives on the line… willingly.  Families become orphaned.   Children lose a parent, a spouse is lost or a child lost.

We say we will never forget…  And we all will remember as I mentioned earlier.  Is that enough though?  Is the pain still enough to shape and dictate our actions today?  Do we have plans and strategies to push our actions?  How will you remember the fallen heroes today?  What can we do as a country differently to remember and protect?