The Peaceful Path
"Follow the yellow brick road,
Follow the yellow brick road,
Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road!" - Wizard of OZ
How I loved that scene out of the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy was in Munchkinland and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, was telling her to follow the yellow brick road, so the Wizard could help her return home. It was so exciting, you could feel the suspense in the air because Dorothy had no idea what she would find on this path to Oz. Who would she meet, what perils would lie ahead, would she ever find the Wizard and would he help her home? That is a lot of anxiety for a little girl from a farm in Kansas.
We all know that uncomfortable feeling of being on unfamiliar ground? Being out of your comfort zone is surely a difficult thing.One thing Dorothy did know for sure though is that was that she wanted to go home where she was loved, happy and at peace!
Isn't that what we all want?
Isn't that the thing we all yearn most for in our life?
Don't we all just want to be loved, at peace and
happy?
Well, as we all know, Dorothy had many adventures on the yellow brick road on her journey home. She met friends such as the scarecrow, the tin man and the cowardly lion. She met scary creatures like talking trees, flying monkeys and the Wicked Witch of the West. This could be compared to our journeys in life, we meet good friends and some scary creatures along the way.
Returning home could be seen as the longing in each of us to return to our true selves, to the peace within us. Dorothy was searching for the way to go "home" and finally was told by Glinda to click her heels together 3 times and say,
" There is no place like home!" She had the power to go home the whole time she was searching, she just had to want it badly enough!
We, too, have the power to return "home" or to our inner peacefulness at any moment, we just need to choose to do so! No matter what paths we choose or what things happen to us, or even what our life looks like right now, our peace within us is always there if we choose to connect to it. Our inner joy is ever present if we allow it to be. We need to make our path no matter what it is, be the peaceful path!
Taking the peaceful path helps us:
-be grateful for what we have
-find love in every situation
-find the strength to let go of things in our life that are not working ang change them to better suit us
-create a life filled with peace and joy.
So every path we choose, (whether it be to stay at home with our children or to have a career "and" family) it can be the peaceful path.
It's not "which" path we choose to take, but rather "how" we choose to live our life at every moment on whatever path it is we choose to take.
Whether we are on the yellow brick road or at home in Kansas, we can be at peace if we so choose to.
In my next newsletter I will go deeper into how we can choose the peaceful path no matter what our choices are or what our life situation is. Until then try and make the effort of feeling the peace within you no matter what is happening in your life.
Follow your own personal yellow brick road and find your peace!
Michelle
Follow the yellow brick road,
Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road!" - Wizard of OZ
How I loved that scene out of the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy was in Munchkinland and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, was telling her to follow the yellow brick road, so the Wizard could help her return home. It was so exciting, you could feel the suspense in the air because Dorothy had no idea what she would find on this path to Oz. Who would she meet, what perils would lie ahead, would she ever find the Wizard and would he help her home? That is a lot of anxiety for a little girl from a farm in Kansas.
We all know that uncomfortable feeling of being on unfamiliar ground? Being out of your comfort zone is surely a difficult thing.One thing Dorothy did know for sure though is that was that she wanted to go home where she was loved, happy and at peace!
Isn't that what we all want?
Isn't that the thing we all yearn most for in our life?
Don't we all just want to be loved, at peace and
happy?
Well, as we all know, Dorothy had many adventures on the yellow brick road on her journey home. She met friends such as the scarecrow, the tin man and the cowardly lion. She met scary creatures like talking trees, flying monkeys and the Wicked Witch of the West. This could be compared to our journeys in life, we meet good friends and some scary creatures along the way.
Returning home could be seen as the longing in each of us to return to our true selves, to the peace within us. Dorothy was searching for the way to go "home" and finally was told by Glinda to click her heels together 3 times and say,
" There is no place like home!" She had the power to go home the whole time she was searching, she just had to want it badly enough!
We, too, have the power to return "home" or to our inner peacefulness at any moment, we just need to choose to do so! No matter what paths we choose or what things happen to us, or even what our life looks like right now, our peace within us is always there if we choose to connect to it. Our inner joy is ever present if we allow it to be. We need to make our path no matter what it is, be the peaceful path!
Taking the peaceful path helps us:
-be grateful for what we have
-find love in every situation
-find the strength to let go of things in our life that are not working ang change them to better suit us
-create a life filled with peace and joy.
So every path we choose, (whether it be to stay at home with our children or to have a career "and" family) it can be the peaceful path.
It's not "which" path we choose to take, but rather "how" we choose to live our life at every moment on whatever path it is we choose to take.
Whether we are on the yellow brick road or at home in Kansas, we can be at peace if we so choose to.
In my next newsletter I will go deeper into how we can choose the peaceful path no matter what our choices are or what our life situation is. Until then try and make the effort of feeling the peace within you no matter what is happening in your life.
Follow your own personal yellow brick road and find your peace!
Michelle
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Comment by Nelly Camardo on August 6, 2009 at 9:21am
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Michelle,
Love your blog, what an interesting analogy, the yellow brick road, I love this movie! Nelly.
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