Grief and pain have their own duration, but when they begin to pass, you must take care to guide the shape of the new being you are to become. They reduce our lives to chaos, but in return they offer us a chance to rebuild our sense of values and meaning. – Kent Nerburn
I guess this is in part what happened to me last year. I was able to deepen what’s important in my life. In the post Sept. 11 world, I wonder if we’ll seize the chance to rebuild our sense of values and meaning as a country? We seem to be doing it in the short term, but will we sustain it?