~:[CH7 - Day 63]:~ Rising Up

~:[CH7 - Day 63]:~ Rising Up

Starting from Lady Liberty and moving to the 9/11 Memorial, a strange feeling begins running through your body. You think about the impact that a tragic event that 9/11 had on the city of New York and the world. Being in New York every year since the attack and even the few years before, I've seen the site from it's old form to devastation to the process of rebuilding. As I looked at it today, you could see that as time passes, a new beginning has been forming from the ashes. While many may not be happy with the political climate in this nation, it doesn't mean that we ever lost the fighting spirt and the ability to rise up. It is in our darkest times that we must rise up and become a greater form of ourselves than we were before. As we struggled through the first day, our group began that process of getting back on track and made this Sunday a glorious day. By day's end, I was tired, but I was happy. Many people from our group struggled on the ice, but found a way to be celebrating on that same ice by the end of the day. It definitely paralleled how we should approach life. We shouldn't back down from the challenges and difficulties we face, rather, we should tackle them head on and find ourselves better than when we started. Standing in the Oculus, I was amazed at the beautiful structure that had risen up and as you begin to look around that area, you begin to see a new beginning. It's still not easy, as the memories of 9/11 still linger in the hearts and minds of many, but just like in life, we must continue on, not forgetting the past, but still focusing on our future. We should keep looking forward, knowing that there are better things ahead of us.