i was in new york city in 2001 before 9/11 and my apartment was in the shadow of the twin towers. i had a plant sitting on the windowsill facing the towers. I'd hoped it would survive, despite the lack of sunlight. it never did, started to shrivel up and was close to death. i accepted its fate and put it on another end of the apartment where it could get sunlight. told my jewish friend about this and he said "put it back the morning of september 11th. it will get sunlight and prosper." i doubted him but he gave some solid financial advice before so i did as instructed. surely enough the twin towers fell that morning and my plant got all the sunlight it needed. i still wonder how my friend knew so much about plants.