We all hang by a thread. Life is soooo very fragile.

[FlamingoBlue]

Last night we had a tornado warning in the area where I live. Tv and radio programs were interupted by screeching sounds followed by warnings to take cover. As the storm gathered its fury, I stood outside and watched the sky turn dark and listened to the winds whip themselves into a fury and then die down and whip up again. The flag in front of my home waved furiously and then just as suddenly, hung limp. It was eerie. Then the rain came; first just drops and then a torrent. By then I had heard that the tornado had passed over my area but that it had touched down 20 miles north of me.

20 MILES; SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR!!! It might as well have been 200 or 2000 miles. And then I thought about 9-11 and the days that have followed. Devastation at ground zero and the Pentagon and 20 miles away, nothing has changed and yet, everything has changed.

War and terror have now come to the USA and evything has changed, right? WRONG!!! Nothing has really changed. Only the form of our fears, not the substance. Death has always been right around the corner.

I have heard it said that life is a gift, that's why they call it the present. Recent events have only made that statement more meaningful for some of us.

And I wonder when things will get back to "normal". When we can back to the "way things were". I hope we never get back to complacency and hurt feelings. I hope we never get back to being focused on things rather than people. I hope that we never get back to looking away from others rather than embracing them.

Why does it always take a disaster to make us appreciate life and each other?? We, as a people; humankind, are so forgetful. What is about us that makes us believe that "it" will never happen to us??

Life is, and always has been, a very thin thread that can break at any time. Remember that.

blue

 

[Cheyenne]

Life is, and always has been, a very thin thread that can break at any time. Remember that.

But you have a much better chance of that thread not breaking if you get your ass in your basement during a tornado WARNING instead of watching the wind whip outside.

God helps those who help themselves, Blue.

 

[juicylips]

[And I wonder when things will get back to "normal". When we can back to the "way things were". I hope we never get back to complacency and hurt feelings. I hope we never get back to being focused on things rather than people. I hope that we never get back to looking away from others rather than embracing them.

Why does it always take a disaster to make us appreciate life and each other?? We, as a people; humankind, are so forgetful. What is about us that makes us believe that "it" will never happen to us??

Life is, and always has been, a very thin thread that can break at any time. Remember that.

blue [/B]

You are echoing my feelings exactly. We get into an emotional rut and things like this make us take a long, long look at who is around us and what is important.

I hope we never get back to "normal". I want to take what I have now and make something of it.

Cassidy

 

[p_p_man]

Copied from Blue's post...

"We all hang by a thread. Life is soooo very fragile."

Now I definitely know you're 58!

 

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[YogiBare]

Hi MH

The "fear" quote was from FDR's first inaugural address, during the Depression.

 

[Merelan]

You darling Blue. To know just when and how to say things. Are you sure you're a lawyer? Honestly now. fess up.

I too hope life is never "normal" again. I hope we never forget that sickening feeling we had as we watched the towers collapse. Never forget the emotion that drew us together. But it will take effort not to slip back into that complacency. I even today hear people at work talking and laughing, as they should. but when you ask about anthrax, or where this whole thing is heading. They aren't concerned. They don't care to hear anymore. As if not hearing it will make it go away. I guess it is their way of dealing.
I think I will go join Blue watching the wind.