It's been 10 years since that fateful New York day, and it will remain as one of History's cataclysmic events, for it shook up the following decade; and I'm sure we'll continue to feel it's after effects for some time still.
Like countless other stories of people vs. people, 9/11 remains an affront to the freedom and goodness of humanity. It's all too easy to shut ourselves off from the bigger, wider, scarier world, but when images of men and women throwing themselves from a burning building are presented to us, the question 'when will we learn?' resonates.
Let's go back to basics, and consider why these conflicts and atrocities happen in the first place. Such acts of merciless and blind violence are borne out of the false dogma that some are superior to others, and are thus more deserving of the privilege of life.
There's a simple, yet overlooked remedy to this peverse ideology: the recognition that human = human, regardless of creed, beliefs or any other added detail. Only when each and every person realises this simple fact will we start to see a difference, and only then will we be assured that we're closer to a peaceful world in which the brotherhood of man isn't just a romantic ideal.
So here's hoping we all start to learn from our mistakes to build something &somewhere better.
Miss Dx
1 comment:
Pride :'love of one's own excellence' (St.Augustine).
The belief that any man has the right or is better than any other ,causes worldwide devestation, as this anniversary confirms.
I believe we are all equal in being human, lovingly made, and perfectly flawed. As C.S Lewis quotes ' A proud man is always looking down on things and people,and of course, as long as you are looking down,you cannot see something that is above you'
Miss V
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