A Parable

There’s a moment in “The Secret” when someone (I forget who) tells the story about how we want things our way. This is roughly what it says:

A pilot was forced to crash land his plane in the Arctic and it seemed as if he was going to freeze to death. So he prayed to be rescued. After 4 days an Inuit happens by, drags him from the wreckage, and puts him on a sled. About a week later they get to a settlement with a hospital and he survives.

When he was feeling better he was asked about his experience. He said that he had prayed to be saved, but ultimately he gave up on God. “But – you were saved,” said the interviewer. “Yes, but by a damn eskimo!”

The point: if someone turns up to save your hide don’t worry about whether that person is what you expect, or has no language in common with you or smells of seal blubber. Be grateful.

My point: Hillary may not be perfect in some people’s eyes, but that doesn’t mean she can’t get the job done right.