18 years ago today, the world's deadliest terrorist attack hit US soil.

I remember it well. I was just a boy, not yet a man.

It's not fair to blame any one person or group for why that event happened. 

It's better for us to ask the question, why does any act of violence happen?

 

Violence is the physical manifestation of conflict. 

We all have conflicts in our lives. That's part of being.

I just hope that eighteen years later, we've learned that it's better to settle our differences with dialogue, rather than with weapons. 

 

I choose peace.

Do you?

 

-k