Hi
Rasc.. I knew you’d stop by today. They’ve
been really quiet all morning. Just
like last year.
This
is a hard date for them to deal with, Kate.
It’s a hard day for everyone today. Their
hearts are sad not just for the friends they miss, but for much else as well.
Do
you think they’ll ever forget this one, Rasc?
Sigh..no,
Kate – not this one.
This one shook their whole species in such terrible ways that the
ripple effect went around the world and deep into the Heart of Man.
This one will last for many lifetimes I’m afraid.
Did
it really have to be that horrendous, Rasky?
Couldn’t their kind have stopped it beforehand?
That’s
hard to say, Kate. Most beans
don’t grow to hate one another. While they all make mistakes, it’s really only a very few
that allow their dark side to overrule their judgement. They need to learn to get along without their guns or their
hatreds. And they will –
someday.
I
wish this had never happened. All it did was bring hurt and sadness everywhere.
You’re
right, Kate – it was a day that No One deserved and one that shouldn’t
have happened. Yet with all that sadness came some brightness as well, and
those effects lingered as well. Millions of beans stopped what they were
doing and began to help one another. They became more generous and less
judgemental. They showed how good their hearts really were, and they
spoke gently even to strangers.
You
know why I always remind you to ‘think before you act’, don’t you?
Sure,
Rasc – because once something’s done or said it can’t be taken back –
it’s there forever.
Right,
Kate. A day such as 9-11 reminds
us all how unexpectedly we can lose so very much.
It also reminds us to appreciate our lives and not to take things for
granted. Life’s too short to
let words or actions be anything other than fair and considerate, even to
those we can’t agree with or don’t understand.
Only the Great Cat knows what tomorrow may bring for any of us.
I
know, Rasky..and I try my best, I really do.
That’s
what matters, Kate – that you put the effort into trying to do what you know
is best. But now I’ve got to go..the four-leggers who came over on 9-11 are
having a Bridge service in a little while.
I need to be there.
I
understand. Thanks for checking on us all. I think I’m going to go
give our Beans a nice headbutt now; and I’ll be extra gentle to them all
day. Just something to show them I haven’t forgotten what today means to
them, and that I care.
That’s
the way to be, Little One. That’s the spirit this date should bring out in
all of us. See you later.
Bye,
Rasc.
