It's not just another day:

Sunday- September 11, 2011

It’s not just another day:

I woke up early today, at the break of dawn, to play my weekly round of golf with my pals of 25 years. We met and we shook hands in anticipation of the game that sometimes times makes a champion and always challenges your skill. The routine and the habit is what makes this part of my life something to look forward to, because it’s dependable and it never changes.

Ten years ago, others woke to the bright morning sun to go about a routine they enjoyed and never thought would change. Still others woke that morning to board planes, only have others prevent those planes from reaching their final destinations. The destination was altered by a few, only to alter many lives and a generation to come. This is why today is just not another day.

I thought about what to write today. I wanted to be prolific and at the same time demonstrate through words just how a few lawless people changed a country and took the innocence away from the generation that lost mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, friends and all. While I enjoyed my morning, I also said a prayer for those who are protecting my right and ability to wake up and play a game that I love with normalcy.

Ten years ago today, an attack took place at a point that was chosen by evil and the few that if given a chance would take the world to a place of darkness. The attack was of epic proportions and brought the world’s greatest city to a stand still. The attack brought down the worlds tallest buildings. Two twin towers that represented commerce, freedom and prosperity. Two twin towers that were constructed by the dreams of some and by the sheer sweat of many.

Ten years ago, a country that, for the most part, had an innocence of life, religion, family and friendship realized that those things might never be seen again for generations. The country and its two greatest cities became the victim of a godless attack by some that used the word of God to legitimize their actions.

John Adams wrote in his Diary and Autobiography Vol. III page 9: "Suppose a nation in some distant Region should take the Bible for their only law Book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance, frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his fellow men; and to piety, love, and reverence toward Almighty God ... What Utopia, what a Paradise would this region be."
Ten years ago, a new president was challenged to come to terms with a new type of attack and battlefield. A new president was challenged to get back to Washington D.C. to fight a new challenge that brought terror to two cities on this date ten years ago. One of the cities represented wealth and the other represented the free worlds base of power.

Ten years ago today, a president who was green to this type of challenge returned to the city that was the seat of power and immediately took aim at those who were responsible. He took aim while being compassionate towards the many that were of the same faith but didn’t practice the faith in the way that those who murdered did. A new president showed the restraint and the determination that only a great man could temper.

President George Bush said of the Attacks: “This enemy hides in shadows, and has no regard for life. This is an enemy who preys on the innocent and unsuspecting people, then runs for cover. But they won’t be able to run for cover forever. This will be a monumental struggle of good versus evil. But good will prevail.”

That new president was the man that time and destiny chose so that a country could be saved from the hand of evil only to ensure that a way of life could be preserved. If you are looking for what is positive, this in my opinion is the answer.

The war today is still being fought on the battle field and in the hearts and souls of those who lost loved ones. We must never forget that our country and our people did not begin this war and we are not responsible for this war. But we are responsible to fight the terror and the violence that this war has created, and is continuing to threaten us with even today.

Today, we continue to hear of the stories of heroes. We continue to hear the little things that were big things for those who lost loved ones. We search for the heroes of good while the heroes of evil, to some, who are a faceless sub culture, still roam the world looking to destroy rather than to build. The story of 9/11 is the story of the heroes who built the monument of memories while living, and still continue to do so in death. It is the juxtaposition of good and evil and what side some choose to be on even in the face of death.

So, while I woke to see another sun soaked day, I remember the good and the evil the good and the bad. I remember what was transfixed in my mind and I see what the evil has taken from all of us. Many of us did not know anybody who perished that day but we have come to know their greatness as they woke to find there way through just another day.

We must continue to do our part so that our Main Street, in what ever town we live, remains free and that finds a vibrant spot for those who want to make things better than the way they found it.

The faceless enemy of evil will try to take liberty, freedom and our independence away because they do not believe in these words and do not think people should have these things let alone practice Christianity, Judaism or what ever other religion is found on the Main Streets of America. The face of evil believes in one thing, total domination and total darkness and to take the human spirit away so that it no longer is free to practice the things that make free people great.

There is something evil when you can call a political/ religious movement a franchise. There is something evil when other nations harbor such evil. The good in America will triumph - this I am sure of. The duty we have is to remain vigilant and remain committed to making things better than the way we found them.

The nation can stand proud today because the franchise of terror is broken and the leader of that franchise is no longer with us. I have an idea of where he is but to be politically correct I will not say. But to be correct in giving thanks we owe it to our military and all those who keep the beacon of freedom alive our thanks. We owe it to the memories of the innocent and the first responders who tried to make that day better than the way they found it. This is why today is just not another day.

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: Today and every day forward try to commit yourself to make things better than the way you found them. This is how we can remember those who are the hero’s of our Main Street!