Peace... lights back on

PEACE.

As I sit and try to focus on the content of this blog its no doubt whats on everyones mind this day of rememberance. My mind as an objective journalist is to always seek the truth and purpose of every event. I can hear "Taps" being played in the background of the ceremony on tv this morning along with family members paying homage. Paul Simon one of the greatest song writers of all time is singing a song called "Silence". Its important to me that my thoughts are relayed to you just as they come to my mind. Usually I take a subject think about it and write my thoughts down but this day I want this story to go wherever my fingers take me as I'm typing. I do recall ten years ago I was a telemarketer at DIALAMERICA Mktg. The group of associates came from all walks of life. Uniquely we bonded as sales people no matter what was going on outside of the bulding. When it came time for business we made those sales. That was the common thread between aspiring rappers, college students, lazy weed smokers, parolees, spoiled kids, low self esteem broken women, mature associates who led great examples and self motivated entrepeneurs. If I missed your category leave me a comment. The point of the matter is no matter what issues we had amongst each other we made a record number of sales in that building. I was on the phones that morning and after several people hung up on me  I remember one person saying "do you know whats going on right now?". Several people where getting the same reaction and we all went to the conference room and just as we turned on the tv we caught the crash of the second plane live on air. One of the associates her dad was an air force pilot and because their was so much confusion about what was going on I remember her crying and alot of people consoling her. As a sales team that had done record numbers of sales we were now faced with a very touchy situation. How were we to approach this situation being that we all had mortgages, rent to pay, child support and car payments to make? We couldn't work for weeks and the impact of that day economically is still being felt today. I felt at that moment a certain bond being made between these people. Although we are now in different cities we still reach out to each other.We may have started as a group that didnt agree or even like each other but the outcome was a great bond that will last a lifetime. I suggested that we have a reunion this summer that didn't happen but maybe next summer. My point is instead of pointing the finger at who has the strangest name on facebook or whos lying about who they really are, lets concentrate on what we can find thats positive in each other. As you read this story I hope that you send it to someone who might have been a part of this group that I may have forgot to message because I cant remember everyone that was there. The idea is to share your thoughts and comments reflecting the positive about this day. Everyone has opinions and fingers to point but my mind leading up to this day said make it a positive. So as i can hear the army bugle playing "Taps" in B flat, in the service that usually represents lights out, lets use this as an opportunity 10 years later to turn the lights back on. I'm gonna end this with a quote from James Dean. "Dream as if you'll live forever". "Live as if you'll die today".......... God Bless the dead

                                              If you didnt know, now you know  PEACE

                                                                  ~DAJOURNALIST~