Remembering

I know everyone says it, but I will always remember where I was on September 11, 2001. I was a senior in highschool sitting in Bible class when I heard what was going on in my country. I think it is important for everyone today to rember where they were, be thankful for the country and freedoms we have, and hope for a better future for this country and everyone in it.
Although I don't completely agree with today being called to be a "day of service", I know there are people who's job EVERYDAY is a day of service. If you see anyone in uniform today - a police officer, a soldier, a security guard, whoever - tell them thanks. People get so wrapped up in politics and opinions (myself included) of our country's current situation that we forget that there are people who work everyday to protect us as people and our rights. Regardless of your political affiliation, please remember that we have men and women fighting and dying to protect you. Even if you don't agree with the war we are in, the soldiers are still entitled to our respect and kind words. I hope that everyone today will stop and just remember.
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations." - Abraham Lincoln