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 Today is not a normal blog post for me, but this is what is on my heart. Today is September 11th. So many people today are talking about how they want to remember what it was like on September 12th. The day people drew together. The day people put differences aside and remembered what was important. Why did we do this? We were hurting, fearful, facing the unknown. So what did we do? We put aside our differences and were there for each other. We had a common "enemy" so we banded together. I can't help but think of life right now. So many are so desperately hurting. So many are facing so much unknown. Facing doubts and fears. And what are we doing? We are making each other the enemy. Instead of banding together we are biting, hating, devouring each other. Why? Because we are convinced we are right. We feel it is more important that we are right and everyone knows it than to listen to each other, and understand the pain that each person is dealing with. What kind of world do you want to live in? You have a choice. You can live in a world more concerned with sides, political affiliation, causes (or hatred of causes), what those in your "group" think or feel, or you can stop, breathe and make a choice. A choice to leave others better than you find them. A choice to love out loud, even in silent ways. Who knows- your choice to love may be just the thing to cause a ripple effect that can change your family, community, or the world.

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