I'm a little upset at myself as I try and do a weekly Out & About in here in My Corner. It has admittedly been an interesting and challenging few weeks--but as Today is 9/11, it was important to "drop in" with some brief thoughts
Our team at the Daily Outsider released guidance courtesy of the team at 9/11.ORG about how all can make a difference. As with other days of service and giving, I hope that that all embrace this sense of purpose. Today, also, was not a day to be "overtly" political. As for me--like all around the World of my generation-- I remember that day as if it was yesterday--it is still not believable. I could not help but take comfort in this thought :
Despite all the odds, one has to believe that there is a brighter tomorrow--and it will be better. It is at time very challenging for me to live up to it in light of the headlines I see coming out of Iran--but more on that later on. This is as I also remember another milestone which seems to be so distant now--The Oslo Peace Accords and the promise it represented to all. Rabin, Peres, Arafat, Warren Christopher are all gone--and it seems as if peace seems to be as elusive as ever especially as the Trump Administration decided to close down the Palestine Mission in Washington in the aftermath of cutting funds to UNRWA:
I hope I'm closing this on a rather high note as I continue to believe:
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