At lunch, as I went to get pictures for the visa request for Thailand I noticed that the picture that is going around the world in the NY Times of the big screens of Lehman Brothers are right across the street from me (pictures).
I was actually able to see first hand from their windows a few fellow humans behind those desks, one of them in particular was just staring out the window. I wondered about what he might be thinking.
It all reminded me of tragic events from the past, I could not but think about the worries that this man might be having, suddenly no job, on a Monday morning.
Perhaps this is why I have felt so tense today, there is, after all, a lot of tension in the same block where I am, and I guess maybe I can feel it.
I admit that I also felt fear today, the collapse of the financial institutions happening all around me scares me as it does to lots of people. The sudden change also shows me so clearly how paper thin is the illusion of security, even among the Wall Street giants that seemed so solid
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