I think the world around us is continually talking to us and showing us things. It's not anything mysterious or supernatural -- on the contrary, it's part of the natural blossoming of things. And to me, the "Miracle on the Hudson" plane event is an absolutely delightful bookending of 9/11. It's got a mysterious sort of symmetry -- a plane, in New York City, near the beginning of a presidential term. But instead of death and destruction we have this miraculous celebration of life. And so for this reason I'm amazingly comforted and encouraged by this event. Above and beyond a wonderful everyday occurrence, it has a sort of magical symmetry. Four days before the inauguration we are given this wonderful gift from the universe. Everything was truly in the right place to help those people survive. It's like a blessing. The old order is over -- here comes the new.
