265 WITH INSIGHT AND TIME PAIN MAY BE INSPIRED TO WAIN

Though a need to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11 arose within me, last week,  my sense of clarity stalled.  Then I read an article, written by Matt Roush in which he asks:

"How best to memorialize the heroes of 9/11?"

In answer to this question Roush quotes Chief Feinberg, a character on the show Rescue Me:

"You do it by talking about their deeds ... you tell their stories."

Then Roush goes on to write:

"By telling its stories with such impassioned irreverence, Rescue Me honors the fallen as well as those still fighting fire with blazing conviction."

In many ways we are fire fighters, running into burning buildings in hopes of saving lives.  And I agree that stories, which highlight respect for realism over idealism, are necessary to healing—especially at times when we're so grief struck as to have lost all sense of groundedness.

Another word for groundedness is—clarity.
And
Clarity is grounded by tunneling through history.

If history proves the world to be less than a safe haven for all then is that not reason to live up to our principles when under fire at home?

Another word for principles is—values.

I've come to place a high value upon 'firefighters' in all walks of life.
I hope vigilance in dousing fires and helping the dispirited to heal meets with success more often than not.
When today feels dower and my self confidence is burning up—I believe insight into grounding myself by tunneling toward clarity, may lift my spirit, tomorrow.
It's only a day away...