I am just having such a full day and I thought that I
would submit this thought to my fellow molers.. Is there a double meaning
in the Wizard of Oz?
Dorothy went down the yellow brick road, searching for the way to get
home. The yellow brick road was filled with such a mix of people and
events and she met those who were like herself and those who totally frightened
her. She found beauty and ugly, splendor and dismal, happy and sad along
the road.
Her new friends; the scarecrow, the cowardly lion and the tin man,
were all missing something that they had to find. The scarecrow was in
search of a brain, the lion searched for courage and the tin man for a
heart. For Dorothy her quest became a pair of ruby slippers that she must
wear to get her home.
Along the yellow brick road, they all became friends and when they faced
peril together.. they found out that their caring for one another gave them what
they were searching for all along. In the end, when Dorothy got her
slippers having conquered the wicked witch of the east, the good witch Linda
told her that it was there all the time, inside her.. She always had the power
to go home.
Well, now I am wondering if this isn't part of what I am learning...
I have been searching and searching for me and trying to find the parts of me
that I felt were missing. Is it possible that they have been
there all of the time, that I was born with everything that I needed and that I
have just spent 45 years covering it up? Like the scarecrow, cowardly
lion, tin man, so am I?..
As with Dorothy, maybe I have always had home (my life) as the goal.. and
the power to return to the spirit that I am.... I just didn't know that it
was there all along..
I believe that I am truly learning valuable life lessons and growing in
leaps and bounds right now and much of my growth is in "de-layering"
all of the things that I heaped upon the wonderful spirit that I was born
with...
I have spent much time thinking that others have taken this away from me
and now I know I am wrong.. I have allowed these "things" to
cover the spirit that I am. No one can heap upon you anything that you are
resilient to... The only way you can have it, is to take ownership of it
and I have taken ownership of many things in my life needlessly. Things
have built up in me, because I couldn't see the way, so I have allowed my body
to get sick with all of this "stuff"...
Today I feel like I am standing under a waterfall of knowledge flowing down
on me and I am just standing still feeling the awe of it all.. I think
that today was a major growth day..
Thought I would share my thoughts and feelings and see if anyone else could
relate to Oz...?? I also think that being on this forum has given me the
blessing of a living journal.. In being able to write to you all about my
feelings... I grow...
So my wonderful friends, we have come together on the yellow brick road and
I pray that we all find what we have been missing... right inside
ourselves... God Bless you all and goodnight... Love you,
Carla
