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There is Good in People of All Religions
By Jan "Brit Girl" from the LDS Issues Forum
Extract from "Memories of 9-11" on the Nauvoo Forum, Posted on 9/11/05
(Jan lives in London, England)

There cannot be a soul alive who was on the earth in 2001 that cannot recall where they were or what they were doing when the news reached them that a plane had hit the twin towers on 9/11.

Today, as the people of New York commemorate that fateful day, America continues to be gripped in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It has been heartbreaking to watch the suffering of so many who, less than two weeks ago, were living their lives much like the rest of us, day to day, doing all that they could to make their own lives comfortable. Now we see up to half a million people displaced by a natural disaster in a country where everyone is considered to be a part of the richest society in the world. It is quite humbling to see that there are those who live in such abject poverty in a country perceived to require nothing of no one; hearts must go out to those whose lives have been uprooted, to those who have lost loved ones, to the children and parents who have become separated from each other, to those who have lost all that they have.

Between these two events we have seen terrorist attacks in other parts of the world, Bali, Spain, and even here in London. We have seen the Tsunami, perhaps one event that did unite the world because so much of the world was affected, and people from many countries lost their lives. I was often staggered by the amount of money raised following that catastrophe just in the UK. Billions more were raised the world over. It is comforting to know that people are not as selfish and self centered as the world portrays them to be. Whenever there is a need, people give, they sacrifice and they support their fellow men.

Perhaps this is a brief glimpse of the eternal nature of man--that they recognize the bond that existed prior to their life on earth. Who knows? Man does seem to always have an overwhelming desire to assist when and where suffering prevails.



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