(From 12/25/04) – Prophetic Message – I want to share a passage from a book that I read. I am not the first one to report this, but I found it interesting and want to share it with you. The book I read last Christmas Day was “Here is New York” by E. B. White. It is a slim, 54 page volume that was first published in 1949. E. B. White was a writer for New Yorker magazine and is also famous for writing “Charlotte’s Web.” Mr. White, in his book about New York, details the nuances of living in and experiencing New York City. But near the end of the book he notes a now ominous warning. Quoting from his book, “The subtlest change in New York is something people don’t speak much about but that is in everyone’s mind. The city, for the first time in its long history, is destructible. A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate the millions. The intimation of mortality is part of New York now; in the sounds of jets overhead, in the black headlines of the latest edition. As dwellers in cities must live with the stubborn fact of annihilation; in New York the fact is somewhat more concentrated because of the concentration of the city itself, and because, of all targets, New York has a certain clear priority. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm.”

It 's amazing that this was written over 50 years before 9/11/01. I don’t have any ideas to share today, just an amazing book to recommend to you.