and come from everywhere on Earth.It's been the experienceof a lifetime not only because of the generous warmth andadvice that many of you have given me,but also becauseyou've shared with me your deepest hopes and your deepestdreams.It's the enormous power of those dreams,over eightmillion of them,that gives our city its unique optimism,whatone author described as that sense so peculiar to New Yorkthat something extraordinary could happen any minute,anyday,any month.Possibility,opportunity: This is the essenceof New York.This is the air we breathe,this is the promiseof tomorrow. ......