Things happen and so many come as shocking surprises and others as forgotten truths that we all wish not to witness the coming or final discovery of it. Its hard to face head on your worst fears and realising that what you always perceived and predicted as true is in fact the truth. Its all about having a back bone to be able to stand and face this world. When you are in pain and in bed on your own and no one hears and sees your thoughts, those are the deciding moments of your life. That is the time when one makes a choice to be or not to be. Only the strong prevail, only the might walk on. As we face the tides in out lives, we forget not that we once walked to the parks of the union buildings and shared our future plans and dreams under the beautiful clear blue summer skies. Now drifted and miles and oceans apart, we still hang on and look forward to a better tomorrow. Hold my hand and never let go, I will be an idea and you will be the wisdom behind it. There is so much that is still...

This beautiful prayer was shared by Max Lucado eight years ago after 9-11. It is just as pertinent today as it was eight years ago. I share it with you once again on this special day. "DO IT AGAIN, LORD" America Prays September, 2001 Dear Lord, We're still hoping we'll wake up. We're still hoping we'll open a sleepy eye and think, "What a horrible dream." But we won't, will we, Father? What we saw was not a dream. Planes did gouge towers. Flames did consume our fortress. People did perish. It was no dream and, dear Father, we are sad. There is a ballet dancer who will no longer dance and a doctor who will no longer heal A church has lost her priest, a classroom is minus a teacher.Cora ran a food pantry. Paige was a counselor and Dana, dearest Father, Dana was only three years old. (Who held her in those final moments?) We are sad, Father.For as the innocent are buried, our innocence is buried as well.We thought we were safe. Perhaps we should hav...

No wonder why so much haste and so much commotion on the lose - Recession - Xenophobia - H1N1 - Strikes - Brutal Murders - Breakups Stay strong people… be careful and Pray…. Tomorrow is 09/09/09 This coming September 9, 2009, is the 252nd day of the year, 252 adds to 9, and 09-09-09 = 27. 09-09-09 is also the last of the single-digits dates for quite a while - 1,001 years to be precise. It is also the upside-down number of "the beast" - satan = 666, of course. The day itself falls on a Wednesday and both Wednesday & September have 9 letters.