JDC Insight Today: There is always some issue within this great nation we can complain about, take pride in, or fight the good fight, bouncing back in resilience like a rubber ball.
Sometimes we catch that ball and we are happy; other times we are overwhelmed by an inability to grab it, hold onto it, and continue on. Sometimes there is a rude awakening, we've lost control and it is gone amongst the tall weeds.
Today, the New Yorker floated as if on glass into the New York harbor, the gateway to freedom, as a special memorial to all those loved and lost on one historic September day; born out of tragedy awaiting all to see.
A bone-chilling site, as she floats peacefully into port, escorted by someones son or daughter in a uniformed stance - her light gray exterior draped by the "stars and stripes," the ultimate symbol of a nation who shall not be tread upon, and like the mythical phoenix rises from the ashes . . . built from the forged steel retrieved from the Twin Towers.
The memorial ship is open to the public for tour, where one can remember and perhaps find some solitude about the past and hope for the future. We shall not wane, we shall not give up, we shall rebuild our lives with the American spirit.
We Americans are a fighting breed. If nothing else, we prove resilient; we will never forget what happened Septermber 11, 2001, another day of infamy, a travesty of terror penetrating the sunny blue skies over New York City.
In memoriam, flags are painted on rooftops across America. In cities and towns memorials are in progress. We remember more fondly those who are in uniform. Even the innocence of our children has been affected as rendered in the weeks after 9.11. . .their notes of hope, emotions and artwork put down on paper in "The Art of Heart, Remembering 9.11," published by Assouline.
With each passing year we learn more and more about that fateful day, the light of liberty was dimmed, yet only dimmed. What a moment in time: from the eastern seaboard across the heartland to the California coast a sea of red, white and blue gracefully sways unyielding in the cycle of blowing winds, as a great nation remembers and goes forward adding The New Yorker as a visible sign of rebirth.
Who are these strong patriotic people? A quagmire of individuals who have tasted freedom and democracy - stubborn, yet compassionate, opinionated yet reasonable - possessing a will-of-iron and the brawn and guts to keep this republic, the United States of America forever free, and the once tarnished dream of millions alive. . .come to America the land of freedom and hope, where the streets are paved of gold if you dare accept the ever-changing challenge of American life.
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