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Welcome back everyone to one thousand one heroes, legends, histories, and mysteries podcast.

This is your host, John Hegedorn.

I called this episode and now a word from your guardian angel because I see them as trying to get a word in edgewise on their own behalf as if to say,

hey, we're out there and we're closer than you think, a little faith wouldn't hurt.

And in this episode today, guardian angels, checks our mysteries box.

It's a topic which I find fascinating and I'm not alone here as the belief in guardian angels has existed in every country on earth since the dawn of man.

What makes us all different in our beliefs is just how guardian angels work.

To be clear, I know as well as you do that life on earth isn't all rainbows and lollipops.

I also know that faith can move mountains.

Believing in guardian angels is a faith concept and it's a healthy one in my humble opinion.

Most of you probably believe, like I do, that guardian angels generally can't prevent a death or injury from an accident.

And how much they are able to protect, we really don't know.

It could well be that one has saved you numerous times in your life and you are completely oblivious to it.

Who or what they are and whether they have or had any connection with us in our life, we are not made aware.

The concept of a guardian angel was used to perfection in the 1947 Frank Capraville, it's a wonderful life, which has become an American favorite for a number of reasons.

One, it describes small town America, the fictional Bedward Falls in New York State.

Two, it tackles the issue of depression, failure, and the effects of financial ruin on an average family.

Three, it demonstrates the healing power of love and friendship.

And four, it introduces a guardian angel whose mission it is to rescue a distraught father named George Bailey from suicide.

If Hollywood ever finds its sanity, maybe it can find its way to making small sea movies about typical American families in small town America,

where people pray to God, hold doors open for and tip hats to ladies, and believe in things like guardian angels.

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