Monday, February 13, 2006

My mother used to say, "God has his hand on you. Never ignore "the gift."







'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