Life does not hold you hostage.

You hold yourself.

You hold yourself back by fearing to go forward.

In truth, you are on a one-way ladder. You can only go up it.

And you know that the steps of that ladder you climb lead to Heaven.

Life is the ladder you climb.

Look not down or back, or you become scared.

Just keep climbing, one foot after the other.

You do not have to ask where to put your foot next.

You do not have to hesitate.

This ladder is strong.

I made it.

I made it for you, and I made it for Me.

I help you climb every rung.

You think you struggle, but I lift you. Every instant, I lift you. It is My way. I can do nothing else but lift you on your climb to Heaven.

Inasmuch as you already have Me, you have already reached the Heaven the ladder reaches to.

When you look back or down, you don't see Me.

Look up, look up, and you will see Me.

Look within, and I am there.

As you climb each rung of the ladder, the rung you just stepped off from is no longer there. You cannot go back, My darling children. And why do you want to?

Do you want delay in reaching your realization of Me?

Here I am. I dance to get your attention. And you are looking some place else.

Perhaps you just do not look high enough.

Look high. Look higher. And know you will see what you put your sights on, for I am gazing into your eyes, and in your eyes I see My reflection, and I am brightened. Look into My eyes, and you will see yourself reflected there. Light can only shine and reflect. And that is your reason for being, for you are My light echoing back to Me. Your light hearkens to Mine. There is one call between us. It is "God, God, God." When there is Oneness, there is only God. What else can Oneness mean? Merge into My light which is Ours, and you and I become We, and We becomes I, and then where are you?