'My mother used to say,
"God has his hand on you.
Never ignore
"the gift."
I never knew what she meant by the gift,
until I felt the gift leave me.
When the gift comes back, it's so sweet.
I think sometimes we make
"contact"
if we leave our spiritual ears open.
An employee and faithful friend of mine, Armando Bisceglia,
was dying of a terminal disease while I was having these sessions.
We knew the end was very close for him.
We recorded a song, then I sang it one more time.
Just as I finished, June came in the studio and told me,
"Armando just died."
The song I was singing was "Unchained."
Take this weight from me.
Let my spirit be.
Unchained.'
Johnny Cash, 1996
