How Precious Is Life - the Ultimate Question

There will be a test, three questions, my spirit guide told me.  I heard the first one upon entering the astral plane. “Who did you love?”  
A fuzzy gate was less than ten feet away, gleaming like the brightest white sun ever made, I had to shade my eyes.   I could barely see.
Everyone, I thought. I loved everyone. My traitorous heart laughed.  It began showing me a series of photos, of everyone I had stopped loving, or given up on, or cast aside. I gasped.  Would this mean they would not let me in?
A second question immediately flew into my head. “Who did you help?”  My mind went completely blank. My heart began beating loudly and irregularly. I pictured myself in the bowls of hell, and expected to be there in two seconds.  
An angel who looked more like Mother Theresa than Mother Theresa walked toward me.  She placed her hands on my shoulders and said “Rest”.  I felt an immediate almost overwhelming love, an indescribable, absolute all-knowing God-love, and I fell onto a cloud, my eyes shut, safe.
When I awoke I heard the final question, and I knew it was the real one.  “How precious is life?”  As precious as love, my spirit-soul answered.  The only reason we agree to live another earth life, the ONLY REASON we agree to live another human life is so that we can experience the most precious things with our most precious and revered soul-people, who are our “real” precious things.
The gates flew open.  
Colors I had forgotten and souls I remembered only in my dreams were standing to greet me and hug me and love me and sooth me.
I was the prodigal daughter, and I was home!

Written 10-08-2018                             Contest:  How Precious is Life?
                                                             Sponsor: Line Gauthier

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 10/17/2018 1:14:00 PM
Congratulations on your win with this beautiful poem, Caren!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 10/17/2018 1:24:00 PM
Thank you Michelle. I always enjoy your stop bys.
Date: 10/16/2018 5:20:00 PM
what a splendid vision. I enjoyed reading this one and it made me think that you might believe in reincarnation with a few of the lines you wrote. I find that topic so intriguing! Congrats on your win.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 10/16/2018 10:36:00 PM
I am a complete absolute believer that the soul lives forever, and incarnates in many lifetimes.
Date: 10/16/2018 7:32:00 AM
A great story of life and love Caren.. Congrats on your win
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 10/16/2018 8:11:00 AM
Thank you Joseph. I appreciate your kind words and your stop-by.
Date: 10/15/2018 8:40:00 PM
Hope this intriguing scenario is a ways off yet, young lady! … Congrats on your win in the contest. Best wishes, Gershon
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 10/16/2018 12:33:00 AM
Thank you Gershon. I appreciate your stop-bye, and comment.
Date: 10/15/2018 7:58:00 PM
Caren, this looks a lot like prose... but I had to put your poem though since you called it 'free form' and I guess there is no official line length limit. LOL I thoroughly enjoyed your poem. Congrats on your win.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 10/16/2018 12:33:00 AM
Thank you Line. I had a lovely time writing this.
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