Comments on: 7 Years Later, The Air Still Thickens http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/7-years-later-the-air-still-thickens/ Entrepreneurship, marketing, personal devlelopment Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:27:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Effortless Abundance » Link love Friday #2 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/7-years-later-the-air-still-thickens/#comment-5301 Effortless Abundance » Link love Friday #2 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:12:13 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=639#comment-5301 [...] 7 Years Later, The Air Still Thickens [...] [...] 7 Years Later, The Air Still Thickens [...]

]]> By: Kelly@SHE-POWER http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/7-years-later-the-air-still-thickens/#comment-5241 Kelly@SHE-POWER Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:27:51 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=639#comment-5241 Thank you for such a touching post, Jonathan. I can't imagine what it must have been like for New Yorkers on 9/11, but I can tell you down here in Australia at the bottom of the world we were sharing your pain and horror, and rooting for your great city to rise up through it all. As for your decision, you did the right thing. Your daughter and wife needed you, and there are many ways to be a hero in life. You've got me all choked up now. Kelly Thank you for such a touching post, Jonathan. I can’t imagine what it must have been like for New Yorkers on 9/11, but I can tell you down here in Australia at the bottom of the world we were sharing your pain and horror, and rooting for your great city to rise up through it all.

As for your decision, you did the right thing. Your daughter and wife needed you, and there are many ways to be a hero in life.

You’ve got me all choked up now.

Kelly

]]> By: Jonathan Fields http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/7-years-later-the-air-still-thickens/#comment-5236 Jonathan Fields Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:22:10 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=639#comment-5236 Hey everyone, Thanks so much for your kind words and for sharing your thoughts. And, yeah, Naomi, deciding whether to go back in or bail was a tough call. There was really no right or wrong answer, only what we felt we needed to do at the time. Life's not always easy, black and white. And, balancing self interest and service, when your life is potentially on the line is just a tough thing to explore. Like my daughter says when we watched the divers compete in the Olympics, "he did his best." S'all you can ask. :) Hey everyone,

Thanks so much for your kind words and for sharing your thoughts.

And, yeah, Naomi, deciding whether to go back in or bail was a tough call. There was really no right or wrong answer, only what we felt we needed to do at the time. Life’s not always easy, black and white. And, balancing self interest and service, when your life is potentially on the line is just a tough thing to explore.

Like my daughter says when we watched the divers compete in the Olympics, “he did his best.” S’all you can ask. :)

]]> By: Ellen http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/7-years-later-the-air-still-thickens/#comment-5234 Ellen Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:36:09 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=639#comment-5234 Thanks for a beautiful and touching post. I enjoy reading someone who has "been there" in many senses of the phrase. Your soul shines through your writing. Thanks for a beautiful and touching post. I enjoy reading someone who has “been there” in many senses of the phrase. Your soul shines through your writing.

]]> By: Justin http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/7-years-later-the-air-still-thickens/#comment-5232 Justin Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:17:09 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=639#comment-5232 September 11th was a horrible day, although I was relatively young at the time and don't remember how I felt. I didn't know anybody who died, although residing in Maryland, I was somewhat close to the attack. September 11th was a horrible day, although I was relatively young at the time and don’t remember how I felt. I didn’t know anybody who died, although residing in Maryland, I was somewhat close to the attack.

]]> By: Adeline Driscoll http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/7-years-later-the-air-still-thickens/#comment-5223 Adeline Driscoll Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:19:33 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=639#comment-5223 Jonathan, I remember very clearly being in the Personal Training Studio I owned that day, alone, on the treadmill watching the towers fall, breaking down and crying and crying, wondering "is this really happening?" and asking "what was happening?". The image that I think of often is how many people - no matter their age, ability, medical condition - climbed out of trains into dark subway cars, ran blocks, carried friends, and walked miles to get home. I was thinking that many of those people probably thought that they were too sick, too old, or to frail to exercise...but they were able to accomplish a physical feat that day. I posed a question in a workshop on wellness that I was giving today - Can you do it if your life depended on it? The answer we learned on 9/11 was Yes, you can! and my response (in relation to taking care of yourself) - And, it does! Don't underestimate the strength of the human body powered by the strength of the human spirit. In memory of the lives lost,those who worked so hard to save them, and those who are rebuilding the greatest city in the world. Jonathan,

I remember very clearly being in the Personal Training Studio I owned that day, alone, on the treadmill watching the towers fall, breaking down and crying and crying, wondering “is this really happening?” and asking “what was happening?”. The image that I think of often is how many people – no matter their age, ability, medical condition – climbed out of trains into dark subway cars, ran blocks, carried friends, and walked miles to get home. I was thinking that many of those people probably thought that they were too sick, too old, or to frail to exercise…but they were able to accomplish a physical feat that day.

I posed a question in a workshop on wellness that I was giving today – Can you do it if your life depended on it? The answer we learned on 9/11 was
Yes, you can! and my response (in relation to taking care of yourself) – And, it does! Don’t underestimate the strength of the human body powered by the strength of the human spirit.

In memory of the lives lost,those who worked so hard to save them, and those who are rebuilding the greatest city in the world.

]]> By: Naomi Dunford http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/7-years-later-the-air-still-thickens/#comment-5220 Naomi Dunford Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:29:00 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=639#comment-5220 Thank you for telling the world that you left. People need to hear that. We're surrounded by stories of heroism, and people need to be reminded that heroism isn't just the snippets of video they show on CNN. It's easy for any discussion about the events on 9/11 to turn into "I was doing <em>this</em>" and "Oh YEAH, well <em>I</em> was doing <em>THIS!</em>" so I'll try to spare you the boring details. But I had a (sort of) similar experience. I was in Toronto, near the airport, and a lot of people were stuck at Pearson. Nobody knew when they'd be able to leave and for tourists, there was nowhere to go anyway. I had about a hundred bucks to my name, and I thought I could go and buy bread and stuff and bring sandwiches. I was all set to go and then thought, "Wait a minute. If I was a terrorist, and I was bombing airplanes, what would I bomb next?" And I realized that a major international airport was probably one of the riskiest places to be. I was single, pregnant, and the mother of a two year old. I realized that I couldn't orphan my kid bringing peanut butter sandwiches to the airport. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. So thank you. I've felt guilty about that ever since it happened, and I feel a little better now. Thank you for telling the world that you left. People need to hear that. We’re surrounded by stories of heroism, and people need to be reminded that heroism isn’t just the snippets of video they show on CNN.

It’s easy for any discussion about the events on 9/11 to turn into “I was doing this” and “Oh YEAH, well I was doing THIS!” so I’ll try to spare you the boring details. But I had a (sort of) similar experience.

I was in Toronto, near the airport, and a lot of people were stuck at Pearson. Nobody knew when they’d be able to leave and for tourists, there was nowhere to go anyway. I had about a hundred bucks to my name, and I thought I could go and buy bread and stuff and bring sandwiches. I was all set to go and then thought, “Wait a minute. If I was a terrorist, and I was bombing airplanes, what would I bomb next?” And I realized that a major international airport was probably one of the riskiest places to be.

I was single, pregnant, and the mother of a two year old. I realized that I couldn’t orphan my kid bringing peanut butter sandwiches to the airport. I just couldn’t bring myself to do it.

So thank you. I’ve felt guilty about that ever since it happened, and I feel a little better now.

]]> By: Virginia http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/7-years-later-the-air-still-thickens/#comment-5214 Virginia Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:46:49 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=639#comment-5214 I love this. Thank you for writing this piece or "peace". I feel like I'm back in yoga class, listening to your inspirational stories before we begin. Let's all strive to unite and work as one world. - V I love this. Thank you for writing this piece or “peace”. I feel like I’m back in yoga class, listening to your inspirational stories before we begin. Let’s all strive to unite and work as one world. – V

]]> By: Remembering 9/11 | Broadcasting Brain http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/7-years-later-the-air-still-thickens/#comment-5212 Remembering 9/11 | Broadcasting Brain Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:20:29 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=639#comment-5212 [...] 7 Years Later, The Air Still Thickens - Jonathan Fields [...] [...] 7 Years Later, The Air Still Thickens – Jonathan Fields [...]

]]> By: Dani http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/7-years-later-the-air-still-thickens/#comment-5211 Dani Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:17:26 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=639#comment-5211 Thanks for a great post. You inspired me to post about my own memories from 9/11. One thinks that memories of such a dreadful day would never fade, but I found myself remembering things while I was writing and having to go back and edit what I had already finished. Thank you for prompting me to do this before any of those words were lost forever within me. Thanks for a great post.

You inspired me to post about my own memories from 9/11. One thinks that memories of such a dreadful day would never fade, but I found myself remembering things while I was writing and having to go back and edit what I had already finished. Thank you for prompting me to do this before any of those words were lost forever within me.

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