Flight Of An Angel

When I was a little boy about eight years old, I almost got hit by a passing car. One day I was playing in the yard near the road imagining that I was an airplane. I would stretch out my arms as if I had wings, lower my head and pretend to fly. This was my first encounter of wanting to fly or being fascinated about flying. I remember running out into the road with my arms extended and my head held down right in front of a passing car. Immediately I banked to the right as the car was approaching and ran or should I say flew back into the yard. I noticed that move from watching the crop dusters as they flew over the house for so many times. Up until this day my uncle Robert continues to tease me concerning this incident. Since then, I have always been fascinated about airplanes and birds in flight. Even today, every once and a while, I would take my binoculars and search the sky for whatever birds that I can find to get a closer look at them. Although I've always pretended to fly since I was eight, I believe that my dreams of flying started when I was around twelve years old. One of the things that I would do to past the time was to lie down in the grassy fields near my house. I would look up into the sky and wonder what it would be like to have wings like a bird and fly. I would focus my mind and see if I could levitate off the ground. This became one of my most favorite things to do to pass the time. Another favorite past time was exploring the wooded areas around my house. One day I had an unusual experience while I was on one of my adventures in the woods. When I explained what happened to my mother, she did not believe me. I was told by an old pioneer in the community that I had a divine visit from God. It all began in a little town in Georgia named Vidette. We lived out in the countryside. The nearest largest city was about fifty miles away. There wasn't that many houses near ours and no young boys my age to play with. I spent most of my time playing with my dog Ringo. Ringo was the kind of dog that would not let anyone approach near me including my sisters. Many times I would command my dog to attack my sisters. My dog and I enjoyed exploring the wooded areas surrounding our house. I would run through the woods and climb trees while Ringo would wait for me from beneath. One day while I was playing in the woods, I began to climb a tree. I heard this voice call my name. No one knew where I was and what I was doing so I ignored the voice and continued to climb the tree. All of a sudden I heard the voice again. At this point I had begun to get afraid because Ringo was my watchdog and he was not barking. All I could see him doing was standing underneath the tree wagging his tail. I continued to play in the tree, and then I heard the voice again. The Bible says in Hebrew 4: 7,” To-day if ye shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts.” In John 10:27-28 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: [28] And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. I realized that this voice was unusual. It was like no other voice that I had heard before. After hearing the voice the third time, I became terrified. I hurried down the tree and began to run home as fast as I could. Ringo was right behind me. When I reached home, I told my momma that I had heard someone call my name in the woods. I told her that it did not sound like someone's voice that I had heard before. I asked her what was going on and she replied,” Get away from me. You don't know what you are talking about. You didn't hear any such voice. Later, I went to visit this little old lady by the name of Ms. Mozelle Sprout. She lived less than a mile from where I lived. She always fed me when I came to visit her because she thought that I was hungry. I explained to her what I had encountered in the woods. She began to explain to me what had occurred. It was brief and unexpected. She told me that now I have two sets of eyes. She said “You now have an inward set of eyes and you have an outward set of eyes. You may not understand it now, but you will when you get older.” Immediately, I felt a sigh of relief and continued to eat.