This is a single from my"Heart 'n' Hands" CD, which is based on and inspired by A Course in Miracles. Figured it might be a good one to release around Christmas time. Here's what I wrote for the liner notes on the CD itself:For me, if the 13 songs on this CD were to represent Jesus and the 12 apostles, this would be the J-man himself. I mean that just to give special props to this song, and others have noted its uniqueness as well. Its simple, childlike quality is both fitting for the theme, and also gets to the heart of the ultimately very simple message of A Course in Miracles: That we are no different than God, and that as God is Love, so must we be, and this has never changed and never could change. So all that we must do is to rest in that faith and learn whatever lessons we need to along the way – as much as we are in the way – and learn, little by little, to accept the greatest gift of all, that of “Presence.” And this comes through the gift that was “fore given” – forgiveness, what the Course tells us is the key to our release from a hell or prison of our own making.Want to also mention that the “you are forgiven” is of much more recent vintage than the rest of the song. I had been playing around with the end of the The Who’s “A Quick One” and then realized that it could really fit well with this song. In the end, I liked it so much that I decided it would have to be on the recorded version. Did I ask or get anyone’s permission? Well I, George Washington, cannot tell a lie (well, I can, and have ; ), I verily did not. I would love if Pete Townshend were to hear this song and bring a lawsuit or cease and desist order for stealing his idea. And maybe stealing other of his ideas, too, for all I know, he was such a big influence and I stand small on his tall shoulders. Baba Z (Bob Dylan), too. Hey, if this CD were to ever sell, I will gladly give them both a Rock Royalty check!Ps. The only actual words from A Course in Miracles itself here, besides the reading at the outset, are the words that begin “Into Christ’s Presence will we enter now…” I especially wanted to have this passage on the CD because it was apparently one of Helen’s favorites (Helen Schucman was the scribe of the Course).