When do we get back to "normal"?

[Mensa]

I freely admit that I haven't been very lighthearted since Terrible Tuesday, but I feel we must free ourselves from this morose morbidity and try to have some fun again. The question is when can we start to be frivolous again? I don't wish to step on toes and post humour if people feel the mourning period has not yet expired. When can we laugh again because soon they will begin the grim job of finding and recovering bodies from the wreckage and then the funerals shall start. Should military action begin that will also cast a pall.

When is it safe to smile once more?

 

[Shylady]

Mensa it starts by finding things to smile at everyday. Small things, ordinary things.

It doesn't change what happened or mean you are heartless, it means life goes on and you have to live it, or the terrorist wins after all.

I watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with my kids last night, not my favorite movie, but watching my kids laugh and hearing them recite the movie in their favorite parts, gave me another reason to smile.

(((Mensa))))

 

[GuyJD]

As long as the medium continue to remind us of that horrific day, I don't think it'll ever happen. At least, not anytime soon.

 

[OUTSIDER]

The thing you called normal before the WTC terrorist action is gone forever just as the pre Kennedy aassassination normal is gone forever, you start making normal up as you go along from now on.

I don't mean to be blunt or unkind but you need to forget normal and make the best of each day as it come's, the world just changed under us and we're all playing catch up, you in the US have had the world pulled from under you more than anybody else so it's going to take longer for you to become acustomed to this new world but as with any loss time is the only healer.

Again sorry if this seems blunt or unkind but I don't know any other way to put it.

 

[Thumper]

Normal?

I have seen normal around here....

Makes me wonder about the people I am standing in line with at Wal Mart.

 

[Cheyenne]

The timeframe is different for all of us. Those who aren't ready to enjoy "fun" threads can just ignore them.

I personally don't think the mourning period has expired- it has just begun. The bodies aren't even out yet, much less buried.

 

[Chuckus]

We have to forge ahead. Smile for those who were not lost. Smile for those who could use a smile. We must find the courage to be strong, understanding that what has happened has changed us all. Normal has now changed.

Normal is all what we make of it anyway. Normal to me is different than the "norm" to you. Each and every day I have always strived to find something good in. For each and every day there is good. Not saying there aren't bad things also. We learn from the bad and good. However it is the good that makes us better, we learn from the bad and make things better. It is times like this when the true character of each of us comes out. Anyone is easy going and easy to talk to when times are good or things are going well, it is only when the chips are down that we find out the true character or personality of anyone.

I for one am returning to "normal" albeit a different "normal" than before Tuesday 9/11/01. I will be more cautious in Airports, driving down the highway, watching people and listening. I am not and will not let the terrorists win by keeping me from flying again. I will fly in commercial planes. When and if my number is up, it is up. However, keep in mind ~ IF I get inito a highjacking situation they had better have lots of help to stop me because I will NOT go down without a fight. Not going to try to be a hero but I ain't going out like that. (and I am not saying anything negative towards 9/11/01) My beliefs have been reinforced, thoughts provoked and actions clarified.

Normal today is different than normal before 8:45 a.m. EST 9/11/01 and it what each of us makes of it and does with that, that will ultimately tell the tale.

 

[Silverlily]

Outsider's right, the normal that was is gone forever. Now we will create a new normal.

Everyone copes differently, some cry, some laugh, some are numb. Regardless, I think there is a place for humor on the board (and everywhere else for that matter). You're a smart man (duh ), I have never seen you make an inappropriate crack, and to be honest, I miss your comments.

So smile away, darlin'.

 

[MissTaken]

"Normal" may change, but even in mourning, I can enjoy some frivolity!

So post away, Mensa!

 

[nasty]

I've already put the past behind me. I think you've GOT TOO, if your ever gonna smile again.

 

[April]

Mensa, normal restarts when you get groped.

*GROPE*

Better?

 

[cymbidia]

What's our measuring stick for "Lit normal" anyway?

For me, my libido died away to nothing (honest to god!!!) on that Tuesday. However, we're a hot-blooded and short-lived species; many of us must be feeling a return to friskiness about now, hmmm? I know i am.

If there are some among us who need more time spent in solemnity and reflection, the rest of us will be careful to avoid offending them, i am sure. We're a sensitive bunch, most of us.

In the meantime, and speaking as one still waiting for word of missing family memers, i think we need relief (release?) from the all-pervasive gloom and worry.

So, play. Laugh. Be frivolous.
We all need it.

 

[April]

If there are some among us who need more time spent in solemnity and reflection, the rest of us will be careful to avoid offending them, i am sure. We're a sensitive bunch, most of us.

I guess I'm one of them. But I come to Lit to be entertained. So no worries about tiptoeing around me.

*groping Mensa and Thumper at the same time*

See?

 

[registered "^^"]

Butt fur crist saki wotch yur gol dernurned pelliing and punkunation.........we's much knot forgit them things.

 

[cymbidia]

Butt fur crist saki wotch yur gol dernurned pelliing and punkunation.........we's much knot forgit them things.

~wincing and turning green~

Ack!
You're a sadist!

 

[registered "^^"]

But you smiled

 

[cymbidia]

I did, indeed, and it was a real, full, whole smile, too.
Been awhile.
Thank you for that.

Now i'll go on into the rest of my Sunday having really smiled again for the first time in a week.

 

[swtbethie]

Mensa, I am still saddened by Tuesdays events, but, having a pointless thread and carrying on stupid banter makes me feel a little bit better. It gives me somthing to laugh or smile about. I don't have alot to laugh or smile about and sometimes its just nice to forget the outside world and joke around, and smile.

 

[nasty]

BINGO!!!!!!

My condolences go out to each family that lost a love one, but we MUST GO ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd like to take this opertunity to share an e-mail I read:

"You may have destroyed the Twin Towers, but you didn't touch America. You may have destroyed the Pentagon, but you still havn't touched America. And, you may have shartered our hearts, but you STILL havn't touched America."

I hope that this email will get some of you back on your feet.