Sunday For Me

Although I had to work on Sunday, 9/11, I couldn't get it out of my mind. I kept thinking about what had happened to our country on that day, and what has happened since. I'm afraid that we are going back to our old habits and something "like" that will happen again. Yes, there were a lot of ceremonies and reflection on Sunday, but what are we as people doing on a day to day basis? So many of us, myself included, are only concerned about our lives and the lives of those closest to us. I've been thinking about this for a while now, how selfish we are as a people. I can't think of any better example than my own workplace. We are a small department, only eleven plus two prn people, and I see it everyday. We do "work" together nicely, but we also have constant gossip and backbiting. I try to not become a part of it, but I'm human and I do get sucked in quite often. So my 9/11 "resolution" is to be a better person. To think about how my actions affect others and to do more for others. I do see rays of hope in my coworkers and I hope to help those rays grow by doing what is probably not expected but what is right.