I was in a really bad accident last year(I was kicked in the head by a horse while I was trying to help the girl who fell off the horse, smashed my face to bits, almost died but didn't) right before the accident happened, beautiful day was on the radio and I remember I was sort of humming it to myself when I got hurt and it stayed sort of stuck in my head. I heard it on the radio on my way home from the hospital after being there for two weeks and I remenbering crying because I was so happy to be alive. I never felt sorry for myself because like the song, In my darkest hour(I couln't work for months after and as a result I had to give up a lot of things that meant a lot to me, my face is still messed up )a lot of clarity came to me. I went back to school(to become a nurse)and all the little things that used to seem to be such a big deal aren't now. After that I really felt a huge connection to that song and to U2 their music really inspired ne and helped me get through the past year. I went to see them in May at the Air Canada Center and I just wept through Beautiful Day, seeing them and hearing the song live filled me with such overwhelming emotions that I felt silly crying but it was just so moving . It was truly a beautiful night.. thier music is just so powerful, I don't even think they realize how much power they really posess.