I want to share with you all some of the feelings I am having.. OK see, I'm a guy, and I really don't cry much (yeah I know it's ok, I'm in touch with my feminine side, whatever). Yesterday and today, sitting at my desk at work, driving and listening to the radio, at home watching the news, I have been moved to tears many times.
At first it was shock, then the reality of the situation set in, and anger towards the crazy people who did this, and even towards our own government who *might* have incited this evil by our many anti-human acts outside of our borders.
But nobody really knows right now why the killers did this... One thing is sure, they were crazies -- they did not and will not get what they want in the end. I hope that they were believers, so that in some way they could understand that they will be denied entry to their religion's paradise for carrying out this evil. No God will make martyrs of these bloodthirsty killers of women and children.
But then I was filled with much more strong feelings of sadness for all the people whose lives perished, who were burned and crushed and suffocated and fell, and for their loved ones. And I felt the tears come for them, and I let them come. I gasped when I heard of the brave firemen & police & others that were still in the buildings saving people when they collapsed, and the passengers on flight 93 who knew they were going to die and might have crashed the plane intentionally, and there were more tears.
But nothing saddens me more than the ominous feeling that America's people and its military will strike back with more violence and rage and hate. Though there has been a horrible disaster perpetrated by crazy humans, our politicians and leaders are talking revenge, more violence. An eye for an eye. Have they never heard that one should love even their enemies?
For I love PEACE so much that I cannot stand war. I love so much that there is little room for hate. Whenever a war is waged, it is a fight *against peace*. So when these evil acts of violence are committed, there must not be vengeance and hate in the response -- or the enemy, war itself, will have won.
Thanks for listening, I know a lot of people disagree and think we should strike back etc. Well, I am not saying we should do nothing and cry about it. I am simply saying we must purify our own hearts of hatred and vengefulness and replace it with love and compassion, or the Real Enemy will prevail no matter which "side" kills most efficiently.