When do we forget? How do we remember? How do we not forget to remember?

At what point in time do short term memories become long term memories? There are different parts of the brain responsible for each of these. How does this shift occur? We are creatures of habit. Maybe if we repeat something with enough frequency, we can store it in long term memory. We condition ourselves.

How do flows of information and facts into our brain become matters of the heart? Where does that transition occur? At what point do we start to feel what we know? Is it when we have "felt" that we say that we're truly living and experiencing that event?

What does it mean to remember? At what point do the events of September 11 become a memory? Are we truly as changed of a nation as people say we are? Am I as deeply affected as I thought I was. When do we stop mourning and start moving on again? Have we already done so? How do we return to life without forgetting? Can we even do that? There's no room in our "previous" livelihood for events of this magnitude. So we return to a somewhat morphed version of our lives. But, have our lives changed enough that we remember?

Will we continue to weep for a sinful land and a sinful nation like we did the night it all happened? Do our hearts break like the prophets of old? Or do we return to the normal hustle and bustle? How can we not return to our lives? We're not meant to totally come to a permanent halt. That would be such devestation. So we have a period of mourning; flags flown at half-mast for 11 days. And then we return.

Has anything changed? Should anything have changed?

Just a lot of questions with no answers.