9/11 10th Anniversery --- Cha-CHING!

The 10 year anniversary of the September 2001 terror attacks is fast approaching. They hype is now in full swing. The business of reminding us all of things like 9-11 (along with the various cancers, homelessness, animal needs, etc. is providing needed jobs and other positive economic aspects. Many local churches and organizations are spending large sums of money to ensure we don’t  forget anything about 9-11 or the sacrifices made by everyone associated with law enforcement, fire, or medical, or emergency medical response units on a daily basis by advertising remembrance services and events being held so we won’t forget the bravery and sacrifice of those who were killed, died, or otherwise affected by that tragic series of events.

I jokingly made a remark at work that I was surprised there weren’t any runs or walks scheduled locally to remind us of the tragic event or to make us aware of sacrifices people who work in fire, police, and EMS make on a daily basis. I received an email minutes later making me aware of such an event here on September 10^th.  Probably one of several.

Like the seemingly endless runs, walks, biking events to remind us or make us aware of things like cancer, homelessness, animals in distress, etc., I suppose people need to be reminded of these things. What does this say about us as a nation? Has our attention span waned so much that SOMEONE out there forgets there are such ills and tragedies?  You’d think that with the advent of the 24/7 news cycle, we wouldn’t forget things such as the aforementioned. But apparently, we do.  Everyone deals with grief, anguish, and loss differently. I’ve noticed that the wording of these events are changing, which is good. They’re stepping away from terms like ”awareness”.  After all, one of the top 5 ways to become a successful entrepreneur or small business owner is to form a “non-profit”organization. What’s wrong with that?  Let’s walk, run, bike, give blood, etc. to honor our particular cause and causes til we can’t.  Not only does it help with the cause or reminding someone of something forgot or aids in expressing or dealing with grief, it puts a few coins into some people’s pockets. Ain’t that America? ”.  I say kudos to some of those making lemonade out of the lemons of life. Thouhg a nice lemon meringue pie would be a good alternative sometimes.