A woman called her husband and frantically said with tears, “I love you. I love you. I love you.” Another man called his wife and ended his conversation with, “I love you.” One other woman called her father, and tearfully said, “I love you. I love you.” One by one the calls came in to family members from the Twin Towers, and for those who either left messages or spoke to their family, the overriding theme was love.
At the very core of the human existence, beyond any other circumstance or situation, beyond any imminent danger or threat is this passionate need to love and be loved. As each person listens to, sees, and remembers what “9 11” means, there is an underlying compassion for others who are not known but identified with because of an internal need for love. Desperation reveals it, and impending danger exposes it just the way it did for those who knew their end was near.
Since this underlying desperation be so, then there is explanation for why some people do what they do. How is it that a person will find themselves in unhealthy relationships and remain there for years while the basis for the relationships is nothing more than performance? The need for love. Why do others join fraternities, sororities, gangs or social memberships? The need for love. Why do people isolate themselves, become hoarders or social outcasts? The need for love.
Today as each person remembers the events of ten years ago let it be a reminder to think and act upon what a very famous author once wrote, “Love one another.”
Until tomorrow...Why Say More?
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