When You Can Walk on Water, Take the Boat - Webs

Somehow, I felt that he already knew how I was doing.
“This is a reception center for visitors from various
parts of the universe. I’ll be here for a while. I chose this assignment
because of the opportunities for growth and learning,
but I have to admit it’s also fun.”
“Why did you leave us so suddenly, Dad? Don't you
know how much all of us miss you, especially Mom? She
speaks of you all the time. Recently, she was very ill, but
she’s doing much better now. I think she misses you more
than everyone else put together.”
I seemed to catch a glimpse of sadness in his eyes as
he said, “It was time for me to go on.” He was quiet for a
short while as if reflecting on what I’d said. Then he continued,
“I’d completed as much of my earth work as I could and there
was nothing else for me to do. From here, it’s possible to help
you and the others much more than I was able to do while I
was there. I watch over your mother constantly. It’ll be a few
more years before she joins me, but you’ve just started your
work. All that came before was just preparation. <strong>You</strong>r visit
here is the next step. It’s like a graduation before going on to
other, more complex work.
“I’ll be with you whenever you need me. Just call me in
your thoughts like you called me aloud when you were a little
boy. I’ll answer and help you as I always did. I never really
left you at all; it only seems that way. <strong>When</strong>ever you want to
talk with me, find a quiet spot, close your eyes and see the
house in the old country and the coconut palm growing by the
edge of the little stream. I’ll meet you under the tamarind tree
and we’ll discuss whatever it is that’s troubling you.
“There are others here who’ll be helping you, too. I’ve
known Gideon and Marla from many lifetimes. There is also a
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