I travel a lot around the world....always coming up with things that don't readily fit into American culture, language or landscape.
This past week, I came to a Japanese phrase...which was being explained by a Japanese guy.
The term was "Kiseki".
It's not a common phrase that Japanese folks utter much. Once spoken in a group....there's to be some silence while they let the guy uttering it explain his feelings.
Trying to translate Kiseki? Well...you put yourself into a very bad situation, and normally....say 99 times out of a hundred....God's will falls into play, and you've got no options, no chances, and your 'end' is near.
Then in some 'puff-of-smoke'....Jesus, Joan of Arc, Rambo, Captain America, and the Angel Gabriel step in....changing the dynamics of things, and your life continues on.
For Japanese people....Kiseki-folks are 'holy'. Nothing can touch them after this moment.
The way this guy was explaining it....after that round passed by Trump's ear....Kiseki had occurred.
I paused and pondered over this.
We Americans have feelings about miracles, and destiny. But the reverence-level that Japanese folks attach to Kiseki is way higher.
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