Today was the day that I did not know what to say.
Was I happy today? Perhaps. But there was another something tinting the edges, threatening to encroach and take over all together. Not quite the opposite, it was something a little less than melancholy, and yet much more intense than indifferent.
Was I Sombre?
I don't think that I have the words for the emotion, but it's something I've been feeling more of lately, as I witness the world moving on, determined to forge a new future based on the promise of brighter days ahead. Yet still, there will always remain those things that can never be forgotten.
Was I Solemn?
I suspect the complexity of emotions arises because I don't know what the news actually means. Are we now safer? Has justice been served? Is the Mission finally Accomplished?
Was I Reflective?
Or is this a new beginning to a new, unwritten story? Speaking of which, what will future generations say about this particular chapter of our story? What will I tell my girls about it in the years to come?
Was I Grateful?
I decided to go inward today. I took a media break to exercise some restraint, because I think that no matter what any of us said today, it may have been something that hurt someone else.
Was I Cautious?
And more than anything else, I am tired of hurting. I think that after everything we have endured over the past nine and a half years, we all are tired of hurting.
Was I Relieved?
Perhaps yes, to all of the above.
I don't really know what to say about that, either.
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Be well today and every day my, friends. And live in peace.
- Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, May 2, 2011
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