Finding Hope on September 11.

“To me, 9/11 is a message about the sleep of humankind. It is a call to remember what is essential in oneself — that it is only by coming into relationship with the inner greatness of oneself that it can be possible to act in a way that can make a difference.” Jacob Needleman as quoted on the Spirituality and Practice web site.

As the anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the media is full of stories and flashbacks regarding the day five years ago. So many of these stories seem to play on the terror, the fear, the hopelessness of the day and it becomes very difficult to find hope through such reminders. When I recall that day five years ago, I remember hoping that we would respond to the acts of terror with acts of compassion, and despite what the media stories seem to convey, many people have responded with compassion. And since servant leadership is a leadership based on compassion, not on fear, it seemed appropriate to point out a place where one can go on the internet to find leaders acting with compassion in response to this anniversary.

Finding such a place seemed difficult, until I checked my email and read the latest Spirituality and Practice E-Newsletter . The newsletter is put out once a week by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat and contains great information on spirituality and its practices with links back to their web page Spirituality and Practice – Resources for Spiritual Journeys.

This weeks newsletter has some great topics on the anniversary of 9/11, and if you have not seen their site before I would encourage you to check it out and sign up for their newsletter.