Nineteen years ago the twin towers were demolished by terrorists carrying out jihad so they could find paradise and honor Allah.
While none of us know if they reached their goals, we do know their acts of terror changed this country forever. They triggered a war in the Mideast as we searched for Bin Laden and his murderous Al Qaeda followers.
When terrorism struck our mainland we realized the vulnerability of our security systems. and everything tightened up at the airports, seaports, and other potential targets. Even though it’s more of a hassle to travel today, most of us agree that the increased security is comforting.
But for me there is another take away from that awful event. And that is that we need to live our lives to the fullest each day. Because probably none of the victims in the twin towers, the Pentagon, or the passengers on the planes knew it would be their last day. Some had dates for that evening, some had children at day care, others had family or friends awaiting their arrival at airports. They were going on with their lives when the unspeakable happened.
We need to treat each moment as precious because we only have this slice of time we exist in. And for those of us in recovery this is especially meaningful because we wasted countless hours in a self-induced stupor wasting time - the one thing we can't replace.
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