Seven years ago, the attacks on our country changed a lot of things. Whatever had comprised our comfort zone was smashed. And many, many people died. All of us remember the events, and for many of us, confusion also remains.
Today there are many speeches and events of remembrance. Speakers invoke lots of poetic phrases, which is the nature of speeches. The words try to express the vast range of feeling of millions of people. Pretty hard to do, so I'll simply thank everyone, everywhere, who speaks today for me and my millions of neighbors.
What I will express myself is my deep hope that we can all — soon — find a way to coordinate the reality of our existence and all the death. Above all, September 11 is the enormity of so many people who died so quickly.
Since then, our reaction as a world has been more death. Right or wrong, whatever your personal feelings about it, the reaction to death is too often more death.
Monuments and speeches, respectful silence, and thoughts and prayers are what we do so well individually and in groups. Since that morning seven years ago, we've continually worked to come to terms with our world. We may continue for a long time to come. But in this struggle with meaning and all, we have to decide how we can actually survive that day.
This is no call for a vague peace, nor a call for vengeance. I just wish, on this day, that all of us can find our way through this pain that won't go away. That we who survive can somehow make our one life together truly honor the many thousands who have died.
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