Article December 31, 2001 Issue

What has changed since September 11?

By Nate Talbot

The Christian Science Monitor

There May Be a few isolated places on this planet that have been unaffected by the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. But for most of us, things are very, very different. I live several thousand miles from the Pentagon, the Pennsylvania crash site, and what used to be the World Trade Center. I didn't know anyone personally who was lost in any of these places. But life is not the same for me.

Yes, there are the little changes like longer waits at the airport, no parking around the state capitol building, a whole new world of subjects when I click on CNN. But for many of us, everything is different in a much deeper way. I feel a stronger commitment to helping my fellow men and women through prayer; a deepening love of God and a desire to know Him, to know Her, better; a firmer conviction that hatred, all evil, can be rooted out of human consciousness and replaced with the power of divine Love.

And yet, in a certain sense, I feel nothing has changed since September 11. Everything's the same. Let me explain what I mean and how it has helped me progress.

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