Growing up, I enjoyed watching the movie Angels in the Outfield. For those not familiar, in the movie, one boy is able to see angels helping the players perform extraordinary feats. Our modern sensibilities may predispose us to write off angels, yet I find angels to be a wonderful representation of the invisible forces in our world and of divine forces interacting with our lives. In Vayeitzei, our patriarch Jacob is not surprised to be encountering angels. He dreams of them ascending and descending a ladder to the Heavens. Importantly, the angels are going up the ladder first, meaning they are coming from Earth. If we choose to believe it, we too can imagine angels among us.
What invisible forces influence your experiences? What would it feel like to believe divine forces are all around us?
Shabbat Shalom! What a beautiful analogy to everyday life. I also grew up enjoying Angels in the Outfield. Believing in invisible forces influences my sense of optimisim. It makes things that are seemingly impossible, possible. To add to this great notion of the power of belief, I am currently reading You are the Placebo by Dr. Joe Dispenza; the science of how we perceive experiences is so paramount to our health that changes in the brain occur when we change how we think about a disease or pain. I think the same is true for all aspects of our life.