Precious angel, you believe me when I sayWhat God has given to us no man can take away
Bob Dylan's song, "Precious Angel," just came into my mind the other day, and the thought that I have written out, above - "What God has given to us, no man can take away" - seems like a pretty good statement for a Sunday. If you click that link I have provided, above, you'll end up with the complete lyrics to the song. Of course, if you'd like actually to listen to the music, then this link here is the one to click.
As it turns out, I wrote an earlier blog posting about "Precious Angel," and it was pretty good, too - at least that's what I am thinking right now! You can click right here to go back in time to June 9, 2022, and to see what I said about that song (and Dylan) way back then.
Here's what I am saying about the song right now: There really is part of us (or maybe, actually, it's the whole of us) that no one can take away. I am referring to our relationship to our "Higher Power," to use an Alcoholics Anonymous term. That relationship is the most profound and experienced truth of our human life - and if that claim doesn't resonate with you, that's because you really do have to believe it to experience it. In other words, I am suggesting that the old saying (that you have to experience it to believe it) may actually have it backwards - at least with respect to what's the most important truth to which we have access.
It's paradoxical, I know, but the actual truth of the matter does seem to be this. "Seeing is believing" has got to be flipped right around, if we want to dive a little deeper into what we call our life: "Believing" (as it so often turns out) is actually the way we're able to "see" the reality of our situation.
"Possibility" is my category. That's what I like to say. Could it be that I'm right about thinking that "possibilities" can trump those "realities" that seem to limit and define our expectations? Is a "believing can make it so" way of thinking about the world a practical guide on how to live one's life?
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