Sorry for not writing sooner, but been busy lately with lots of new stuff at work and reflecting on the events of last year (11-09-2001) for a couple of days, trying to figure out what to say here in my journal about it. I have been “hitting a wall” trying to think about what to write until now.

It is truely amazing that how one year has come and gone and you feel that things have been in slow motion around you. It was quite interesting to see how other people, other than American’s, reflected on Sept 11th and how it changed their lives. (other than other Americans living here in Finland.)
From time to time, I do miss living in the US and being with my other friends and family, and just living the American way of life, but its nice to know some other type of life style and culture at that. I have learned so much more over the past year since Sept 11, 2001, that life should be treated as such. Don’t dwell on things and just live it to the fullest each and every single day.
Don’t put off hugging your parents or loved ones or telling your freind what you really mean, rather than keeping it inside making sure you do not hurt them. I would rather hurt them a little, knowing you were able to speak your mind and get things into the open.

I think that if you had to point the finger on one issue that may cause tenstion anywhere at anytime, it is the lack of COMMUNICATION between people. The more you communicate with each other, the less tension you may have, knowing you got what you wanted to say out in the open and not stuck in your mind growing by the minute with anxiety.
I really truly feel that terrorism will never be beaten, but we as a “united front”, The whole rest of the world together as one, we can possibly slow those that cause harm to others down just a bit to perhaps make them think twice about what they are about to do.

It would make me think twice about it.

more to come soon…