damn...that's really nice. especially whereas i do live in the boston (worcester) area and i did notice that for real. people were driving...looking around at each other...a lot. a lot of eye contact and head nods. no mas road rage. very cool peoples. it was...almost....weird. no, it was very weird...and very nice. thousands of dead americans is a sh*tty wake up call...but a wake up call nonetheless. it's odd...how American i felt yesterday morning. i felt some of the past shine through in our insane present...just a bunch of hard working blue bloods waging war against traffic so they can make some bucks and head home to be with the wife/kids/tv...typical american fluff. but...i like that. it's weird...i don't think we (here in MA) hate each other at all...we're just too busy trying to fill our lives and pockets....we act like madmen because we haven't stopped to think and really look at each other (sheesh...you bunch o' mugs :) ) in a long, long time. welp, it's a sad day...but at least we get to stop and THINK about stuff...most importantly, how lucky we are to be really FREE. blah blah blah...<insert sentimental kaka here> :) thanks jen... now, GET BACK TO HACKING! >:) On Friday 14 September 2001 21:32, jennifer wrote: > Someone from Boston sent these sentiments out that I > would like to share. I know that some don't want OT on > this list, but lets end our discussions as friends... > > > Subject: For the book... > > Yesterday's events have had a profound impact on > me...especially once I got home last night and had no > distraction to take my mind off of it. The 2 main > thoughts I've had I thought were worth sharing with "my > people". One is a somewhat frivolous metaphor, yet it's > accurate. The other...a more serious consideration. > > The metaphor is this. I was driving to work today and > thinking about how yesterday Governor Swift said it's > important to get back to "business as normal." As I > looked around at all the people heading into work, I > started thinking that we're like the Whos down in > Whoville. The terrorists are the grinch that tried to > steal Christmas yesterday, but today we're holding hands > and singing because we're not going to let them break our > spirit. > This led me to the second realization... > > Did any of you notice what I noticed this morning? No > road rage. None from within my car and none from without. > Today, for the first time in what seems like years, I > felt something for my fellow man that was actually > positive. I felt a connection as we all try to come to > terms with this...as we all are simultaneously > experiencing the exact same emotion. Suddenly, letting > someone in front of me felt better than speeding up to > spite them. Suddenly, the cars around me became more than > just faceless enemies. I began to actually look at the > faces attached to the souls within each vehicle and I > realized they are just like me. Just desperately trying > to make it through another day in an increasingly > frightening world that sometimes makes us feel more > vulnerable than we can deal with admitting. > > Perhaps if we as a society can hang on to this > feeling...perhaps if we can smile at just one stranger > today instead of glaring suspiciously at them. Perhaps if > we can let just one person out in traffic...or back off > the person in front of us by just 10 feet causing us to > reach our destination a mere nanosecond later...perhaps > then the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives > yesterday will not have died in vain. If we can pull just > one positive thing out of this staggering > nightmare...maybe God...who's up there crying his eyes > out right now...can smile again. > > Just a thought. > > ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- //-- Jeff Reed //-- Co-founder / Odd (Job) Guy //-- Metro West Boston Linux User Group //-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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