St. Paul's
Chapel, in the shadow of what used to be the world trade center, survived and
provided succor to the victims and responders of the 9-11 disaster. It survived
and provided succor to the victims and responders of the 1776 burning of New
York City.
Their current
pastor called that "a horrible opportunity."
As Americans,
we now have a horrible opportunity to show the world, by our actions, what the
majority of Americans are and are not. In the midst of chaos and confusion,
remember the words of Viktor Frankl, a psychiatrist who survived torture and
medical experimentation in the Nazi extermination camps. And then produced some
of the most spiritually oriented, positive psychological philosophy the world
has ever seen.
No one can make
you think or do anything. You always have the choice to think or do what you
choose to do, regardless of the consequences. Do not focus on the things that
concern you over which you have no control. Focus on those things over which
you do have control.
Then choose to
do what you would want others to do to you. And do it.
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