*this was actually an email i sent out, but i felt like posting it here too....
hey.. uhm guys.... im sorry if this is just reminding you of all the crap going on, or if you dont wanna hear it..... i know at times i just get sick of everything... but the attachment was written by a student from northwest high school..... so maybe this will just present everything on a moer personal level.... also.... this one kid from my grade... well im sorta friends with him.... u know one of those people you dont hang out with but if your in the same class u talk and stuff.. anyhow.... this one guy... joel wilcher... lost his dad at the pentagon.... i mean.... this might be just a story to you guys... and im sorry then.. just stop reading.... but yea... im just asking that everyone here please just keep everyone and everthing in your prayers... and that you never forget what has happened.... move on yes.... but do not forgot or lose heart for humanity as a whole.....
ive heard incredible stories of how the ppl on the plane that went down in pennsylvania rose up to fight the terrorist. to sacrifice their lives so that they could save others..... which is why the plane went down in a field in pennsylvania.. not the white house or dc...... and ive heard of ppl coming together in ny, to comfort one another.... to hold onto each other... treating strangers around them as brothers and sisters...... ive seen as countless number of my friends have rushed off to the hospital to give blood.....(u have to be 17, which i am not.....so i cant), waiting in long lines.. for 3,4 up to 8 hours......... just to help out..... and now i hear of national efforts to memorialize those who have suffered throughout all of this through symbolic acts of wearing red white and blue tomorrow and driving with your head lights on.......all of this brings more comfort and assurance and inspiration to me then ive ever felt... this is what should continue to happen, for everyone to unify and come together.. as one.... to help one another out as much as possible..... to love those close to us..... distant from us.... as well as our enemies.....speaking of which there is also quite a bit of hate and strong negative emotions and words of ignorance that has also appeared nationwide..... ppl in the middle east celebrate this horrific event why? not cuz they are bad people. but because they dont know any better.... on the flip side.... the those of us in the US too.... talk of bombing those "ragheads"... we have to be able to love our enemies..... true what has happend is unjust... but let justicer serve out itself....
i am greatly comforted by the fact that george bush is a christian..... i dunno to what extent will he apply his faith to this situation.... but we on the other hand know what we can do.... lift this up to the lord, because only he can bring good out of this..... already good has started to happen as we witness our nation come together in crisis...... some ppl say "this is way overblown, we should forget it and move on, ppl in other countries go through this everyday".... well does that make it right? this cannot be forgotten..... however i believe it should be forgiven.... find it in your hearts to ..... love your fellow brothers and sisters.... and to trust in god to handle things..... and for the hatred and the ignorance to stop....
im sorry if u feel like ive wasted your time...... its just in one of my classes today my teacher... told us to write this down, to write down how we feel, and everthing... and i couldnt write nething.... until everything sort of sank in.... and right now im just filled with emotions on all of this subject matter.... so in conclusion... i ask that 1) u not pass this off as some passing tragedy, cuz its a witness of how hate and ignorance can escalate to affect an entire nation, the entire world 2) find it in your hearts to forgive those who did this, because they too were filled with ignorance.... 3) love your brothers and sisters... and extend yourself to them... if yoru old enough i ask that u give blood and send out your prayers to the familes and victims and rescue teams out there right now 4) move on with your head high.... and have faith that things will be ok.....
thanx guys.. i wrote a lot more then i thought i was gonna write.... ill see everyone later.....
-newt