In memoriam...

What can I write about this day that has not been said; For good or bad, or for that matter that would make a difference.

Yesterday in church I sat blinking back my tears. As the good father reminded us of the fact that we have short memories; of the fact that in order to have peace, you have to act in a peaceful manner in your life – an outward example of your inward intent.

I guess the better question is what will I do today to mark this solemn anniversary?

I teach a Yoga class tonight. I am going to ask for a moment of silence. I am then going to ask the students to think about what they are doing in their own lives to become instruments of peace. Pray. I will pray today – not just for the victims and their families – but for the men who helped bring those planes down in terror. I will pray that our memories never fade, but that we learn the lesson of forgiveness; that we remember to be kind and tolerant of each other so as not to want to do harm to each other. I will pray for love and an end to all violence.

I will try to be quiet and still and meditate. Most of all towards others, I will show kindness, compassion and love. For that is one of the best way to cultivate peace within in order to become an instrument of peace. To be concious. To be the change we wish to see in the world.

God bless and keep all of you.

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Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Amen.

- - St. francis of Assisi - 13th century