Why does mediumship run in families?
I believe that it is just like any other talent that seems to run in families, like the ability to draw and paint, or having a good ear for music and being able to sing or play an instrument. We don’t really question that, it’s almost expected: “Well of course she can sing—her mother was a music teacher!” Nobody would think it the least bit weird if Picasso had a son who was a painter. But, like any other talent, there’s also a choice that goes along with it. Maybe everyone in your family was a teacher—they just had a knack for communicating ideas, and maybe you also have this knack. But you can’t see yourself in a classroom with kids all day long, your whole life. You might choose to use that talent in another way. Or you might decide that that’s not the most important thing to you, there’s something else you’d rather do. You still have the talent, but you don’t have to use it at all. That’s our free will. Right now, my brother Bobby and sister-in-law Choi’s little girl, my niece Bobb
