"Let's Roll! Ordinary People, Extraodinary Courage

Awakening at sunrise after endless hours of jet lag the night before, in the back of your mind you know that you have one of the earliest flights out of Newark International Airport in Terminal A, at eight o’clock on September 11^th, 2001. Immensely tired, boarding on the Boeing 757 aircraft, heading to find your seat, settling into the comfortable chair. Not bothering to notice the four men of Al-Qaeda, who are about to alter the lives of thousands of people, when you are gently closing your eyes. Even if you did see them, you couldn’t change what was going to happen only some hours later. As Lisa Beamer describes in her novel, “Let’s Roll! Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage” let God guide you and let your existence take the path of its course and roll with it.

People take courage from their faith to in God get them trough difficult situations, one person has showed us that just believing can get you through nearly impossible, this is Todd Beamer. He is the hero of United flight 93 one of the planes that were hijacked on September 11th, 2001, your typical American husband, providing a vast quantity of his life devoting his time to reviving the presence of God in people. Many have lost faith in recent years because of chaotic life styles of the working American now, but both Todd and Lisa have never doubted that meaningfulness behind why God made this particular choice. It was because he knew that that was the utmost decision. At times any families worry that the will be unwelcome or shunned if the are new to the church, but the it is exactly the opposite. Churches are open to any that welcome the presence of God within their lives. Reasons why many go to seek guidance when they have going through problematic hoping that God will help to counsel them. Putting faith in God to offer aid to all who seek it. During these particular times when we do inquire help from others, we are tested to be able to handle whatever curve ball life throws at us. With or without help.  
One reason to hold a strong faith in God is to keep from growing further and further away from him. If you keep separating yourself, you'll end up losing most sense of happiness which will sometimes lead to you causing someone hurt or sorrow. Or in some cases other religions believe it is doing good by destroying others, one case was the terrorists of 9/11. Al-Qaeda focuses their suicide attacks mostly on America and its citizens because they believe that we are evil and the way that our country is run is godless. So by creating these massive killings it is thought that they are doing a favor to God. At a nationwide state of panic such as September 11^th many would turn to God for guidance, while some would lose their deviation. With questions like 'why' or 'how', but the fact is that even God can't do everything to help everybody. Most everyone is all together that was the most antagonizing it is the fact that when it was time to attack they were “to clench their teeth and shout, Allahu akbar” translating into ‘God is great’ in Arabic. A belief that people has turned into such a chaotic nightmare to a point where they were crashing planes into the heart and soul of our country was true showing of how much they believed in the wrongs that we were doing. Many thought why would God let such a tragedy strike without taking any actions, but this is where some people are wrong. We should all know that God can't solve every issue that everyone has, but some have thought that God did help in the acts of 9/11. Flight 93, for instance, was brought down in Shanksville, Pennsylvania rather than hitting the White House like planned. He also helped many cope with their loses. He also guided people towards those looking for a companion for moral support. This goes along the line of an inspiring quote by Gandhi this quote is, “No act of kindness no matter how small will ever be wasted.” So if kindness will never be wasted, use this to your best power, always treating people the way you wish to be treated. God created us all equal, so that no one is better than each other, we are all the same person.

In Lisa’s novel, “Let’s Roll! Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage” you are provided the encouragement to have faith in God steering you in the right direction, as many have already done. The only person that will never taunt, the one person that will never harm, and the person that will never judge because he acknowledges the fact that everyone is different, even though we are all human is God. A lesson to be learned from this novel is never be afraid to be who you are because God is right there by your side cheering you on.

Mama

Mama, Mama I can’t find you. Always whenever you rarely come to see me, you tell me these people aren’t my mom’s they are just people and that I need to respect them, these people. But they aren’t my mother, you are, you tell me that you will come back soon. How soon is soon? Mama, where do you go? Where are you? These people, mama, their mean haggy and old, no one really cares about me. Do you even care, mama?

The worst day of my life was the day that they stole mama from me, these big people just took me away not telling me anything. The worst part was mama didn’t even seem sad she just waved and smiled goodbye like she would when I get on the bus in the morning.

The second worst day was the day that I faced foster home. I cried and cried but there was nothing that I could do about it, I was alone. All alone with nobody that I know. I remember mommy she is young and pretty, with dark hair and pretty green eyes. The picture, the only picture of my mama is the one that I have saved in my head. My only memory.

Mama, she was the kindest lady you’d ever met, she had a wonderful personality that mama did. These ladies that were my foster mom’s never had anything on mama, sleeping in the tiny attic of the rickety old house, just like that stupid old wrinkly lady. Lovely pretty mama that doesn’t know me. That never comes to visit me. That never cares about me. That will never ever love me.  My mama won’t.

It’s been 10 years since you saw me, mama. I have given up on you; you will never come to see me. I know this now. I have not treated those mean people like what you said years and years ago, but I would rather have that you would come back and be my mama again. But I guess that I am not that important any more, why don’t you love me mama? 

                                                                                                                                              

Even after all this time mama doesn’t love me. I thought that maybe someday she would remember me and come to save me. But no mama leaves me all alone. I am just a lonely person, I have never had any people that ever love or that have ever cared about me. Nor will any other people will look at me with loving eyes or caring eyes and not even sympathetic eyes. Eyes of nothingness.

Mama because no one will ever love me why should I be alive even. I have thought about this many of the sleepless nights that I lay awake thinking about you, mama.  So I have decided that I shouldn’t be around anymore.  Goodbye, mama. I love you. It’s just such a shame that you don’t love me mama. Our world would be such a greater place, I never knew what a good world this could have been.  

The Unmistakable Confusion

On a day like any other the streets of New York filled with the scuttling people off to work. You couldn't help but to think what a wonderful day it was going to be. But we were soon to find out how wrong we could be.  I had planned meeting  with my friend at the North Tower of the World Trade Center for the day since we both didn't have any other work priorities first.  We had planned to stay there on the 34th floor  all day. I loved being at the World Trade Center it was just so breathtakingly beautiful inside and out.

It was now 9:09, when my cell phone went off into the crazy ringtone only my best friend would pick. She had called to tell me that we should meet at Starbucks instead because she ran out of coffee. I turned and walked down to the street where the Starbucks is. Sharon and I went into the crowded store.

By the time that we actually got back to the World Trade Center buildings it was 9:55, walking up the street to the I was momentarily distracted by a small plane that was flying nearly overhead. It was quite low, too low. I asked Sharon if she thought that that was quite low, she agreed with me. We keep talking about the plane, until I looked up and saw something that I could never forget. That same small plane that I was just talking about had crashed right into the side of the South Tower. Plumes of smog and smoke exploded out of each side of the building. Could this be a tragic accident? I saw objects of color falling from the buildings but it was all to soon to realize that these objects weren't objects they were bodies.