The Journey

By Carl Opel

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This book is part of "To Move A Mountain - The Series."
Arrancies began life as a street kid and he loved the city and its lessons. Everything you need to know for city life, breaking-and-entering, drugs, and sex. However, Arrancies was far different from the other kids, and most people, for that matter. At the age of four, he had a vision of what his life would become. Torn between friends, family, and his struggle to be a young boy, he had wisdom well beyond his years. The foundations of his life through adolescence appear no different on the outside from any other boy his age. More so, as he sees the torment of the world through the rioting, psychedelic, war-torn years of the 60s, he begins his own interpretation. His journey to become a visionary and messenger of the energy from which we originate is forming a foundation. His loves, loss, heartache, and hope become the background of his unexpected travel through the transcendental voyage of our mind. Saved by technology and destroyed by loneliness, Arrancies escapes everyday life that eventually unravels into the infinite beyond.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carl Opel
• Release date: Nov 14, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301251988

Carl Opel

Born in Pennsylvania in 1955, Carl attended the Music Institute in Los Angeles, California after his high school days in Willoughby, Ohio. Currently, he lives near the beautiful beaches in the Philippines. His many accomplishments include business-process reengineering consultant, computer science professor, designing financial forecasting systems using neural net technology, musician, commercial pilot, business owner, and writer. His interests include hiking, the beach, cookouts, traveling, movies, music, and just plain learning.

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The Journey

by Carl Opel

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

BIRTH OF A CHILD

GROWING UP

THE SEEDLING

THE GRINDSTONE

GOOD TIMES

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INTRODUCTION

The life of a messenger is not shroud in daring escapades of intrigue and excitement. The messenger learns to gather information from the day-to-day living and actions of the common people. Arrancies' struggle with life, growing up in the city during the mid-1950s to late 1960s is the setting for one such person. Interpretation and perception give the messenger his wisdom. Living a rather mundane, and at times, boring life. Arrancies' special gift allows him to perceive and see the nature of humanity. However, the conflict between his superior intelligence, advanced wisdom, and inner-city lifestyle lead him through an array of actions countering his beliefs.

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BIRTH OF A CHILD

Sock hops and rock 'n roll were the modern craze to a bold, young generation. Rebel Without A Cause stormed drive-in theaters as postwar prosperity flourished and a new wave of immigrants trickled into the U.S. On their arrival, many headed for neighborhoods where friends and relatives had already settled. Despite the typecast of their nationality, they brought the old country culture and lifestyle to the land of the free.

Arrancies came to the world on a cold winter night, in a small, northeast town of the United States. Except for being the firstborn in the U.S., it was an uneventful occasion. His parents, both immigrants, arrived in the country a few years earlier, with hopes and dreams of a better life for their new son. Nothing special and very normal, the family settled in to their new country and ways.

The Early Years

Arrancies' parents were not rich nor were they poor. They were hardworking immigrants, as were most. His father was of medium height and weight, and average looks. At one time, he may have been an outgoing, free-spirited man, full of fun and vigor. In the course of time, life in the new world made him a stern and staunch businessman, even if it was just a small, family store. His mother was not unattractive, but looked so by years of hard work and worry. She was a little shorter than her husband, with short brown curly hair, and a figure becoming that of a middle-aged woman. Like his father, she probably was once different, with a vibrant personality. Now, she did as expected of a typical immigrant wife. Her hands and face aged by a lifetime of cooking and cleaning with little joy, save for that brought about by her childbearing duty.

This was life as a child for Arrancies. His father had no greater ambition than to provide the basic needs for his family, his mother, habitually supplanting happiness by the urgency of a menial chore. Arrancies, being young and naïve respected his parents and followed their guidance without question.

Not The Normal Child

At a very young, almost freakish age, Arrancies showed signs of intelligence far greater than the other children did. His intellect excelled, but it was his uncanny knowledge of life and his environment that set him apart from the others. His aunt, who claimed to have psychic abilities, said that he had elderly spirits following him. She claimed that they channeled their wisdom through him and as a result, he was much older than his age.

He learned everything earlier and faster than other kids did. He could walk, talk, feed himself, and use the bathroom without instruction. He had an interest in things that stimulated his mind. He loved building blocks, large-piece jigsaw puzzles, and Legos. Many times building what saw in a picture in a book. He would sit for hours with books, but his favorite seemed to be the expired magazines his father brought home from the market. He loved looking through the pictures while his mother told him the names of the images. He loved music and coloring books and often astounded his mother by sitting in front of the TV singing along with his favorite cartoons.

His parents were befuddled, but since he was their first born, they saw nothing wrong and indulged his interests. He even showed signs of eagerness in family household activities, especially his father's favorite subject, work! By the age of three, Arrancies discovered something was wrong within the family. He would hear his parents arguing about money, but he didn't understand why. Everything appeared to be okay. Still, he passed it off as something yet to learn and told his mother, he would have an answer soon. She laughed when he said things like that because it astounded her that he could speak as well as he did, she always told him ‘You're my little man.' Then, they would have cookies and she would read to him, and everything would be all right once again.

Moving To The City

Years of hard work finally paid off for the family. His father's frugal nature and tight money management allowed him to save enough to buy a bigger store. However, this meant moving into the city. While it had little meaning to Arrancies, it devastated his mother. She was convinced that no-good could come of it and the news reports only served to brainwash her more. She didn't want to live in the dirty, crowded city with all the crime and people, mostly, not all the people. Nevertheless, in the spring of his third year, the family uprooted their quiet lives in a small town for the hustle and bustle of the city and a better life.

After the move, Arrancies' mother went into severe withdrawal. Being an immigrant embarrassed her enough, but now she had to be sociable. Her husband didn't help by ignoring her introversion. As usual, he viewed it as a problem she needed to work out for herself. To him, it was her problem, not his! Eventually, she changed for Arrancies' sake. Reasoning that he would be in a better school and exposed to all he needed to survive as an American. It meant the best life for him, and that's all that mattered, at least in her mind. To Arrancies, city living assured a big change since everything fascinated him.