Northern California Author, Ron Jump has written Fiction/Non-fiction stories off and on for the better part of his life. It is moments from his past that inspire his writing. He is the fourth child in a family of five, his mother and father have both moved on to greater planes. The story you read today is based on a memory etched in his soul from days gone by.

“Look, Listen and Learn”

by Ronald Jump

     This morning I am in Awe over the mystical state of being that has plagued the interior of my body. I stand here with a roller coaster inside me designed to thrill a blind man to sight. The one statement my father delivered to me when his father passed on from this planet called earth stands in my mind for review. The memory I have, is a moment in time, long, long ago. I witnessed my greatest mentor and father, sobbing like he’d just had the life literally torn right out of him. When I saw this I began to hurt like him with feeling of emotion unprecedented, it was unlike any other emotion I’ve felt in my existence. I asked my father what was wrong, he gazed into my eyes and said with a mighty tremble in his voice, son I love you more than the life I can ever lead. There is one thing about life I know to be truth, he took my hand and pressed it against his chest to feel his heart beating oh so heavily and went on to say with tears flowing through eyes.

     Son the one thing in life I can teach to you about our lives on earth is the very importance the heart beat you feel when you become sad for others. He went on to say as our eyes linked together, Son, your little heart in your young body it designed to grow not only with your body but within your mind as well. When you become sad it is because we are delivered messages into our hearts like a mail box. I don’t now how but when you feel sad you begin to understand why you have a mind, then you discover why we have hands and feet, son. His voice was what I know now to be humble and more sincere than I had ever heard out of his usually stern voice. He paused and began to speak to me very clearly saying, Ronnie, your mother and I love each and every one of your brothers and sisters the same. Because of that, your mother and I have to be very strong inside and we have to think before acting out what you know as punishment.

Son, my job as your father carry’s so much weight, at times is unbearable. When your heart aches, it sends a message up to your brain, then your brain sends a message to your eyes and tears begin to flow and we cry. When you cry, and feel your mouth is wide open, this is called sobbing or as your mother would say, screaming and crying. At this point of time he began to calm down and go on to say. Son, we cry to let bad feelings go away but, you will always remember the feeling. Whether it is good or bad, is how we determine what is right and what is wrong by the feeling we get from the heart.

     At that time I was just past 18 and well on my way of being out of the house to begin my journey through the universe of our place here on earth. My father asked me for a Hug, I thought I was to old for that and he said, never are you to old to accept a hug from some one you love. This is Gods idea of passing your love into another. My father was blessed with a very special way to communicate what he knew to be truth, because of the things he would tell me about the work he was doing, it made good sense, and I understood him very well.

     At this point of time I was getting antsy and he knew. He say’s OK son, here it is in a nut shell.

     Think of your heart as a mailbox, your mind as a machine creating a pattern that turns into an idea. The idea turns into something we can see with our eyes. It becomes something real, a creation of feeling we once had in our heart. This is what some folks call, “full circle”. This is the thing that sets one apart from the other, its what makes you different from any other.

     He releases me to finish up by saying these few words;

     Look, Listen and learn!  Trust your heart-felt feelings, take time to listen to that initial feeling when you’re deciding the best way to handle the situation at hand. Your Feet will take you where you need to go in life and your hand’s will create, help and repair allowing you to physically love those who are dear to you.

     From the heart comes truth –From the mind decision – From the feet destination – Finally, from the hand comes creation.

“To follow your heart is never to regret” ___ My beloved Father, John Gerald Jump

A Legacy is what an individual leaves behind for the earth as all human kind to remember.

What will yours be?

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