Hidden messages

Reading the news this evening, I found many hidden messages in the articles.
"In Belgium, two robbers have been killed after attempting to blow up an ATM in the town of Dinant with dynamite. Police say the men, working at night, used far too much explosive. Part of the bank building collapsed and the robbers were buried under the rubble. The ATM remained intact despite the explosion."
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/atm-explosion-kills-belgian-robbers
The message I took with me is that a person can plan, but it is up to G-d as to whether the plan will come to fruition.

A front page New York Times article entitled Helping the Blind to See had me thinking that in addition to helping us with our physical sight, perhaps a device can be implanted which will help us with our spiritual sight.
"Blindness first began creeping up on Barbara Campbell when she was a teenager, and by her late 30s, her eye disease had stolen what was left of her sight.
Reliant on a talking computer for reading and a cane for navigating New York City, where she lives and works, Ms. Campbell, now 56, would have been thrilled to see something. Anything.
Now, as part of a striking experiment, she can. So far, she can detect burners on her stove when making a grilled cheese, her mirror frame, and whether her computer monitor is on."
Read more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/health/research/27eye.html?_r=1&hp

This evening, I read about the death of Alicia de Laroccha, a famed Spanish pianist at the age of 86. Reading about her life, I realized there was much to learn from this woman. Although of diminutive size, with short hands, she persevered and was able to tackle the hand width needed
to play some of the great masters' musical compositions. She also showed great perseverance in continuing to play, when her stature shrunk in her declining years.
The New York Times reported that her aunt had locked the piano, after receiving advice that she was too young to begin piano lessons. But, she continued knocking her head on the floor until her aunt relented.
Alicia de Laroccha - a woman of diminutive size who achieved great stature in a career that spanned decades, overcoming any obstacles sent her way.