Your Final Destination: 2019-2020

By A L Tanner

Your Final Destination:



What face or name do you give to the most brilliant soul of all?

Focus on the big picture. Do something now. Stop thinking that your physical body will live forever because that is not possible.

Never forget that our bodies are made to live for a period of time on Earth, as we will be born and will die sooner or later.

But our eternal souls continue to live for generations to come. This is not an accident or even an option. Changing the way in which we live is the only way to ensure that when our physical body lives end, our world that we love so much, can go on forever so that all generations can enjoy it as much as we do today.

We must start now by doing something to reduce the damage our greed has created. Like the main character in this story has learned… dying is only the beginning.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Aug 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781716805554

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TANNER

Copyright © 2020 A L Tanner.

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

ISBN: 978-1-7168-0556-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7168-0555-4 (e)

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Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 07/16/2020

DEDICATION

L ife, for me, is the most valuable gift that I have. For that reason, this book is dedicated to my parents. They allowed me to live my life while learning that I could find God everywhere.

There is no place that sells God’s word if your heart and soul cannot hear it. God is always inside each of us, all we have to do is stop to listen to it. Thank you, God, for the amazing parents I got for my physical life, for the new family you sent my way. I am able to see and embrace it, and for the children you allowed me to have.

Stage One

TRANSITIONING

F riday was coming and with it were all my plans for the weekend. I knew that I should just plan to stay home with my family and enjoy the days with my girls and wife, but the bar was already calling me. Why not? It was Friday night and there was no harm in stopping by for some drinks with friends. I knew that, once again, I would have to see the angry scowl on my wife’s face and listen to her words about how unfair it was that I went out and left her home. I knew it was not fair, but I was missing my single life more than anything else. It was always easy to explain to my girls why I had to go out because they still believed in everything I said to them. But it was different with my wife, she was never convinced that a married man should hang out at the bar. Unfortunately, it got to a point that I did not care anymore when she argued with me about the choices I was making.

That particular week I was working a lot and had to make many hard decisions. I was unsure about signing another authorization to put down thousands of acres in an amazing area full of beautiful trees in order to build up a living area for golfing and condominiums for high-profile families. I knew that with this decision, I would become part of the problem in our world, but life is like that, and there was nothing I could do about it but sign the authorization. This happened many times, where I signed authorizations that I did not believe were the right ones, but I did it anyway. Many companies were supposed to be closed due to the pollution they dumped into the air and ocean and not following the rules. But all they got was a notification that did not change a thing.

Oh! How many times did I see on the news what was going on with the fish and turtles because of all the pollution sent to the water with no treatment? I had to close my eyes and believe that it was okay, even though I knew better. So many times, when we got hot information about things going on, which should have been addressed to the court, all we did was send the information to the drawer. I knew all that was wrong. I knew that one day the children of my children would ask about the lives that we were living, about the oceans and the forests, and all they will have are pictures in a book of the beautiful sea creatures that once existed. I knew that, but I did nothing to help change or stop the pollution and damage that my business was creating.

I always thought that alone I could do nothing and could even lose my job if I argued about the state of affairs. It was easier just to do what was more comfortable than to fight for something that I did not believe I could change. Often, I saw pictures of dead turtles with plastic in their bodies, deer with no horns, alligators with no tails, and fish dying due to the pollution, and I felt sick. But the next day I forgot about it and continued with business as usual. I could have changed my job, but someone else would take the position anyway and make the money that I was making. I never thought about fighting or even that it was my responsibility, to keep our green environment clean and the sea alive, so that generations to come could at least see what I saw.

The project was already written up and on my desk waiting to be signed. Many buyers had already paid the amount to guarantee this living space would be a luxury condo with all the potential activities included. What was not included in it was the number of wild animals that were living in the area and would be pushed out of their habitat or maybe even die during the cleanup.

I was not happy with being part of it, but I also did not do