As we think about September 11, our thoughts and prayers are with those who lost so much seven years ago.  We must be strong but at some level also gracious.  John Patton writes in his book, Is Human Forgiveness Possible, that “Forgiveness is (at some level) about our discovery of our similarity with others as people in need of forgiveness.”  Forgiveness is about remembering that we are imperfect too.  We are more like those who hurt us than we realize.