While many events are planned to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, I would like to suggest we commemorate it by cleansing our hearts of anger and fear, and join together with one another in prayer. Terrorists aim to divide. We can defeat them by uniting and caring for one another. This is the only way to overcome the 9/11 attacks and keep alive the memory of all those who lost their lives this day.
For this purpose, I propose a prayer written in 1999, and which directly opposes the mind set of the terrorists:
"Life is not fair," the sinner said, and he sinned all he could, regardless.
"Life is not fair," the agnostic said, and he killed himself to prove it.
"Life is not fair," the advocate said, and he thought up new laws to amend it.
"Life is not fair," the zealot said, and he started a war to protest it.
"Life is not fair," the thief said, and he stole what he could to possess it.
"Life is not fair," the Savior said, and he shed all his blood to redeem it.
by Amy Gracey
Let us remember what unites us, and let us strive to live it. Then we will truly honor those who lost their lives ten years ago, when terrorists sought to protest our American way of life by destruction and chaos.
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