What Have You Learned?

The Angel said this to her.

She thought, briefly. Somewhat taken aback, she was guilty. She had neglected her reading in the past years. She was behind on the classics.

'I've prioritized spiritual lessons ' she finally replied.

The Angel's voice was chipper and sounded like a school marm. She always had issues with authority, and did not like being told what and how to learn. She fought to suppress  this feeling, realizing it was ... a test probably. She did not want to fail this time.

Looking back over her life, there had been a series of failures. Her relationships had not gone well. She learned the value of having people to love when she lost so many friends and family. An angry word here, a lack of interest, some really bad breaks and she found herself alone. From the depths of despair she clawed her way back and struggled to learn to love.

She would give herself a C+ in that department.

She had been neglected spiritually and starved for love as a child. Every step of her journey had been a struggle to learn the ways of "normal " people.

She studied words, religions, science, and learned a profession. She became adept at things that were hard for her to master.

She stood there and felt like a failure.

Something was missing.

There was a hole in her heart. She was missing someone she loved.

Her entire life had been a lesson, she realized.

She had learned to love and now her heart was broken.

She had learned how to learn and now the Truth was clearly missing.

Truth and Love were missing.

Had she even started her mission yet?

She waited for the Angel to speak again.