After watching about 7 straight hours of buildings blowing up, journalists trying to hold back tears, people hoping desperately to hear from their most likely dead loved ones, I was tired. Physically, emotionally tired. I, most of my family and friends live in Iowa, so none of this really affected my life personally, but I just couldn’t leave the TV. I couldn’t do homework, or call a friend, or go to sleep, or anything. I just sat in front of the TV, hoping it would all just go away. I couldn’t believe it had actually happened.
For some reason, I decided to change the channel. (Heck, it was 1:30 am, I was wiggy) I turned to Animal Planet and watched this old woman who takes care of stray dogs and cats. She rescues dogs, and can keep six dogs in her house at one time. She rehabilitates them, teaches them to love people, takes them for walks (each dog, four times a day) plays with them, and eventually finds them homes. All the critters she can’t help because she doesn’t have the room, she feeds. She walks around town with cans of cat and dog food, plates, bowls, and whatever else she needs, and feeds these poor animals.
As I watched this woman I thought to myself: Where is she getting the money? How does she have the time? What an incredibly noble thing to do!
And then I remembered that the world is not all bad. If people like that woman exist, then I guess the world will continue to turn, we will live, and draw courage from people who live their lives so selflessly.
And then I was finally able to go to sleep.
I think, after all these very angry and emotional threads, we need a place to remember the good that people can do. If you agree, feel free to add on.
All my love and hopes to everyone hurt by this tragedy.
Teresa