Let us be kind every day, simply because we can be. Let the rest go...

We can be so many things
Every day, any day
So let us be kind
Every day, any day
Let us always be kind

I was taken aback when I realized, last week, that September 11th, this year, marked the 25th anniversary of that dreadful event named simply by its date.

I remember being at work that day, time unfolding as it became clear, slowly, what was going on. We watched it on television, no smartphones to send videos across the distance, just each other, right there, together. Trying to make sense.

The next day, the wicked awfulness became headlines, then weeks and months and years of news coverage and wars and death and more death and ongoing politics, destruction, and the very worst of humanity.

And, yet, what brings me to tears about September 11th, anytime, is the kindness that also existed back on that day. Especially the kindness shown by the people of Gander, Newfoundland, shown to the thousands whose planes were grounded there on that day. The story from there is about the best of humanity — kindness, love, generosity. Given because, human to human, it was needed, it was natural, and it was normal.

So many years ago, yet memories, so many, so vivid, still.

Let us remember the best from that day, and let us be that every day.

Kind

Loving

Generous

We can be this, every day
So let us offer kindness, give love, and live generously
Every day
Any day
Always

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Land acknowledgement: I respectfully recognize that I live on the original lands of Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.