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    When I was eight years old I embarked with my classmates on a scheduled excursion to enjoy a day in Nature. The place where the bus school left us was a large lawn with picnic tables and attractions for children. I remember a spring of limpid water frequented by the people of the environment because of its healthy properties. However, what attracted me the most was the dense forest that flanked the meadow and climbed up the mountain. So, moving away from the ball-shaped missiles that were already beginning to swarm through the air, I slunk down a path that went into the forest. I certainly enjoyed my venturing into that exuberant plant and mineral kingdom that so few times had had occasion to tread until then. But the afternoon began to fall, and so the hour of return approached. So I undertook a rapid descent in the course of which I lost myself. I understood that I was descending the wrong slope, and I was scared. I got so scared that I knelt down and, putting my hands together, I started praying. I had not finished yet when I heard footsteps approaching. I got up ipso facto and then I saw three or four young people appear among the trees, descending peacefully down the slope. Kindly they asked me if I was returning to the bus school, and in response to my affirmative answer, they told me to follow them. On the way, they asked me if I had been kneeling praying when they found me, but I felt ashamed and I denied it. We arrived at the lawn just as my companions were starting to get on the buses. You can not imagine the relief and joy I felt! No one had noticed my absence, and when I wanted to thank my saviors, I could not find them. I remember how, from the window of the bus, I looked unsuccessfully at the contours in their search...

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    The following testimony was told by Mr. Joseph Zimmerman. I limit myself to reproducing his story in his own words:

    Ok. Well I think that it’s time to let my experience out of the bag. I have shared this with some of my closest friends and in some cases people whom I thought needed to hear it at the time for their own self. But never like this.

    Guardian Angel? My relationship with religion and Christianity started off in my youth, awkwardly on my left foot, when summer vacation bible school and coffeehouses were safe havens for those of us unsure of our place in life. The social acceptance and peaceful atmosphere, punctuated by great music and pre fun. From there the roller coaster ride was nonetheless imbued with basic principals and guidance that are still part of my fabric weave to this very day. Suffice it to say that I now quietly maintain my faith inwardly. I am framing this aspect of my life simply to depict a normal life of challenges, wins, losses, conflicts, victories and disappointments.

    This happened to me 20 years ago, and for several reasons the finite details have since blurred. Little did I know how a major health event would change my life so much. I had just moved with my family to Washington, DC and hit the ground running in a new national-level job with a Fortune 15 company. In my first month I flew 26 trips in 28 days. I was having balance, hearing and walking problems and had fit a barrage of tests into this schedule. Sparing you all of those details, I was in Denver on the Thursday before when my cellphone rang. A woman was calling from the office of a highly specialized physician I had seen, him wanting to speak with me. I was in a parking lot as he came on the line and I quickly sat in the passenger side of my rent-a-car and closed the door.

    The doctor professionally cut to the chase on the phone, telling me the results of all of the tests- I had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. What a brick wall. The week before Christmas. No guarantee of the outcome, an entailed nine and a half hours on the OR table with a team of four surgeons, an anesthesiologist and the supporting nurses, and a list of possible negative ramifications. In his attempt of warmth, he told me that many people used the cliche of Brain Surgery to sarcastically demote the complexity of a task at hand; then saying that ‘this is brain surgery’. He then said: “Mr. Zimmerman, you need to be in my office first thing Monday morning to discuss results” (so much for a planned weekend skiing with my colleagues)… I confirmed that I would be there. Then he very firmly said two more things: ”Make sure to get all of your affairs in order by the end of next week…..; oh, and Mr. Zimmerman, “make sure you bring your wife with you Monday morning.” That rang a resolute bell in my head.

    Fast forward two weeks. Discharged. I had forever lost 100% of my hearing in my right ear, some permanent facial paralysis, no balance for at least four weeks, no taste for even longer and my eyes floated around independently for several weeks. Oh, and completely debilitating, RELENTLESS PAIN. The doctors told me to recuperate a minimum of 6 months before returning to work. After all of the prescribed meds had run their courses (an entirely separate story), I was ordered to flush down 16 Advil a day. (This continued for well over a year).

    Recovery was slow and excruciatingly horrible. After three months at home, Despite my still questionable condition I wanted to get back to my waiting job. I had offices on both coasts, and wanted to get to Cupertino, despite my kind boss telling me to listen to my doctors and remain home. Frankly I was just glad to be alive.

    The 5.5 hour travel time was hell. I started asking the flight attendants for two unopened cans of coke in a plastic bag to use as an ice pack on my head and neck; and I ever-presently carried Advil in my luggage, shaving kit, briefcase and pants pockets. I only was in the office 4 hours a day, spending the balance of time in my hotel room on the bed, again iced down. This went on for several months. I switched flights to get a direct to SFO so I wouldn’t have to do a lot walking in changing connections-another torture with each step.

    At the airport, I had just boarded the direct flight and settled down in my usual seat #A2; first class, first row bulkhead aisle. There was the usual rearward rush of fellow boarding passengers; but seat #A1 remained empty. That’s when it happened.

    A older gentlemen with a white beard dressed in a long, heavy black overcoat looked came onboard, walk-in past the flight attendant greeting everyone. Almost everyone looks at the seat numbers before they sit down- he took one step forward and instead looked only at ME. He then turned for his seat, smiling and excusing himself as he folded his coat and settled into the window seat. As the remaining passengers boarded, we nodded at each other and I went back to my book, waiting for take off.

    Normally I shy away from talking to seat mates as I too have been monopolized by the “let me tell you about my 15 grandchildren(with accompanying photos in a plastic accordion wallet holder), or the salesman who hates his job ad nauseam, especially after his third Chivas on ice. So I keep low and focused. The older fellow stuck out his hand while smiling warmly. “Hello, I’m Bob; how are you today?”...Oh no. I’m going to be subjected to four hours of listening to a tedious conversation sliding all over times, places and relative’s tales like a hog on ice. We soon took off.

    But that’s not happened and the next thing I knew we were over Southern Illinois or Missouri and I’m in an incredibly poignant but unoffensive discussion about my entire life. Bob seemed to somehow know all about me, my family, my past, everything. Pretty well in fact. No names, but everything else was spot on. He knew things about my surgery and how that had changed me. He reflected on my past, what my father did for a living (he ran a coal company) and that my mother was from a big family, correctly describing it with six siblings. This wasn’t a palm reading or a psychic, he worked these things into the conversation not as questions, but as facts integral to what he was talking about. My personality, perceptions, and abilities, even how I was raised. He talked about the ramifications of the technology I was involved in, and what it meant universally. (This also was a concern of mine over the past few years, but I had not shared that with him). He shared the whys and hows of my life, where I wanted to go, things about my friends, everything. The details are personal and I will keep them as such. This was not like Kreskin the Great, I assure you.

    The dinner announcement was made, and we talked all through the meal; leaving it basically untouched (unusual on a long flight). The announcement of crossing the Great Divide came and went, and the mesmerizing chat continued. I was awestruck. He gave me perspectives, personal guidance, and the road ahead in my life. Then the announcement for trays, tables and seat backs came on; we had entered the landing cycle. I turned to him and told him I enjoyed our long talk. I then said “Bob, this is going to sound kind of weird or funny, but I have to tell you that I feel like I’ve just had a talk with my Guardian Angel”. He looked at me, looked down at the floor smiling and raised his head back up looking right into my eyes, blinked once and said….”Maybe you just have”.

    We deplaned as the first two passengers had walked up the lengthy ramp to the terminal gate. Out on the carpet I turned around to say thanks. He wasn’t anywhere to be found.I have never seen him again.

    I still hope for another visit, Bob.
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    A poem written in November 2002

    It is heaven that sends you
    And on Earth what a stir
    I thank all the angels
    Of this strange relationship
    Stay with me a little
    Just be you
    Forgive me for my state
    On the surface is this a case?
    Open your conscience
    Do you perceive my presence?
    I'm just passing by
    Admire the immensity
    Is loving a crime?
    Or maybe it’s sublime


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    This has been an interesting topic for me and a friend sent me an amazing article. Im not sure where she found
    the quote but it helped to get a better understanding and hope it helps others.

    "In scripture are over 300 references to angels, and they are described in two words: many and mighty. But it took only one angel to shut the mouths of lions for Daniel and bring Peter out of prison the night before he was due to be executed. And do you remember Elisha's servant? When an enemy army surrounded the city of Dothan, Elisha asked God to open his servant's eyes: And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man: and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha. If God opened your eyes today, what would you see? Angels escorting your children to school? Protecting you from drunk drivers? Guiding the hand of the surgeon? Guarding you while you sleep? One teacher of the Bible says, if you're a believer, expect powerful angels to accompany you in your life's experience. Does everybody have an angel looking out for them? No, the Bible says, "All angels are ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation." When you reject Jesus, you forfeit the ultimate security, but when you accept Him as Lord and Savior, you get round the clock protection because the angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him. Note, your angel doesn't just wave as he flies past: he pitches his tent, lingers, and keeps vigilance. You can rest secure beneath the shadow of his wings- if that doesn't lower your anxiety level, nothing will! The fact is some of the wealthiest people on the planet don't have it that good! How blessed we are."

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    I've mentioned this book before and thoroughly recommend it. (.PDF at link)

    An Inquiry into the Existence of Guardian Angels

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