There I was, shooting my big f-ing mouth off, long after my divorce, eager for a “big change” in my life. I got right down to it, through a moment of clarity and, with a firm grip on both my own reality in one hand and the fixed notion of big change in the universe with the other, I commanded the universe. In the space of that perfect moment, I knew my will had bent time and space. It's what brought our paths to cross. —A paper rose on a railing will show you the way