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14. Gumba the Wise
Mika
saw the cave and knew at once it was Gumba's home.
From within shone a light brighter than the sunlight.
He walked slowly inside, blinking in the brightness.
After a while he found it was easier to see, and
there sat an old man. He looked to Mika to be as
old as Time itself. But his eyes were crystal blue.
So deep and so blue were they, that Mika was sure
they could see for all eternity.
Mika
could not speak. He sat before the Old Man and waited.
"Welcome, Mika," Gumba finally said after what seemed
like forever.
"Umm...Gumba
the Wise, I have traveled far to..."
"I know
why you have come," Gumba interrupted. "You say
you look for Love, yet you come before me bearing
gifts of the purest of loves."
And
at that moment the weight of the guitar on Mika's
back felt intolerably heavy. And the belt and the
keys and the flute seemed to weigh him down. And
whispering throughout the cave he heard his mother's
words:
CARRY MY LOVE WHEREVER YOU GO...
Mika
looked down, ashamed.
"You
shall find no one True Love, till you find it in
your heart to love all you see." There was absolute
silence for quite a while, and then Gumba spoke
again.
"You
have learned many lessons on your journey, most
of which will not make sense until you are ready
to understand. There are many more lessons to be
learned. You are searching for a place to call your
own, like Jeena was. There is no perfect place anywhere,
yet she found one. She found her HOME, for she learned
that Home is merely a state of mind, and for you
to find the peace it brings, you must find Home
in every place that you go." Another long silence.
But this time Gumba did not speak again.
"Thank
you, Gumba the Wise," Mika finally said, but the
blue eyes just stared off into space.
 
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