Making it happen

[Kate Simmons]

When I first saw "The Wizard of Oz" and Judy Garland singing " Over the Rainbow" my heart was touched and I identified with Dorothy because she is the little girl in all of us who is full of hopes, dreams and wishes. How could this plucky little thing triumph over all sorts of "nasties" to pursue her goal of going home? The fact is, she did by using her free spirit, heart, courage and intelligence as resources. Really, home is where our heart is and where we can truely feel free to be ourself as a person.

Many of us start out on this journey early on when we are younger. It is a feeling of "rightness" and a longing for completeness because we may feel we have been shortchanged somehow and in the way we are viewed by society, we need more, much more to indeed feel whole. This is seen as a somewhat elusive if not impossible goal for some, still we do what we can to make the closest possible approximation to make it feel right.

We expend a great deal of time, effort and resources pursuing our goal which is just over the Rainbow Bridge which is in all reality a "right of passage" of who we are and our sense of self. The journey along the way is not without it's own prettiness and unique experiences, which are only granted to the boldest among us. It is, in all reality, a leap of faith and the willlingness to put aside the "self" in the so-called "real world" to experience all that which we truely are.

Who says we cannot feel all the beauty of the soul that the experience in prettiness permits and show it? "Not I" says Salandra who is keeper of my gateway. What it really amounts to is the courage to be yourself amid the objectors and naysayers of this world who really do not have a clue and never will.

Once we find this true treasure, what do we do with it? That, my friends, is entirely up to us. The brave little adventuress Dorothy points the way. Was she scared? Yes, but that did not dampen her determination to go home and she made it happen. In the end, she realized the real treasure was within her heart and that love was the key. Really, can we do any less? Make it happen my friends and you will never be disappointed.:)

[jessielee]

Dear Salandra,
how i love Oz!
when aged eight, The second book by L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz, piqued my curiosity.perhaps like young Tip i had been enchanted when first born, to hide from the evil ones that i was in reality, like him, somebody else! No, i didn't need to become Ozma herself as he did, not even a princess. but his initial disbelief, reluctance, acceptance, transformation and wonder and ultimate graciousness made me yearn for such a metamorphosis. for me. to become the me i felt i was. boy to girl, that was my first inking it could be done.
now, some much later, in a dearth of such hard magic, have souht a softer miracle.
to make it happen. to transform in the deeper sense than merely in my skin.
it is within our hands.
to embrace the more essential reality and merge, become one with it,
i don't need to go over the rainbow.
it is here
as we are here
in this magic moment
of transformaton
and resolution.
love,
my sisters,
love,
jessie

[TrueGemini'sWife GG]

When I first saw "The Wizard of Oz" and Judy Garland singing " Over the Rainbow" my heart was touched and I identified with Dorothy because she is the little girl in all of us who is full of hopes, dreams and wishes. How could this plucky little thing triumph over all sorts of "nasties" to pursue her goal of going home? The fact is, she did by using her free spirit, heart, courage and intelligence as resources. Really, home is where our heart is and where we can truely feel free to be ourself as a person.

Many of us start out on this journey early on when we are younger. It is a feeling of "rightness" and a longing for completeness because we may feel we have been shortchanged somehow and in the way we are viewed by society, we need more, much more to indeed feel whole. This is seen as a somewhat elusive if not impossible goal for some, still we do what we can to make the closest possible approximation to make it feel right.

We expend a great deal of time, effort and resources pursuing our goal which is just over the Rainbow Bridge which is in all reality a "right of passage" of who we are and our sense of self. The journey along the way is not without it's own prettiness and unique experiences, which are only granted to the boldest among us. It is, in all reality, a leap of faith and the willlingness to put aside the "self" in the so-called "real world" to experience all that which we truely are.

Who says we cannot feel all the beauty of the soul that the experience in prettiness permits and show it? "Not I" says Salandra who is keeper of my gateway. What it really amounts to is the courage to be yourself amid the objectors and naysayers of this world who really do not have a clue and never will.

Once we find this true treasure, what do we do with it? That, my friends, is entirely up to us. The brave little adventuress Dorothy points the way. Was she scared? Yes, but that did not dampen her determination to go home and she made it happen. In the end, she realized the real treasure was within her heart and that love was the key. Really, can we do any less? Make it happen my friends and you will never be disappointed.:)

Excellent post. One of my all time favorite movies.
I do hope you don't mind if I take this just a step further...
I also apologize ahead of time for its length..
Been on and off the computer all morning.
LOL!

You are correct.. Dorothy's determination was a huge part of her journey back home. And in truth, she had the ability to go back at anytime as soon as she put those Ruby slippers on. She did not know it though. But if she had? She would have gone back right and missed the lessons Dorothy needed to learn, before she could go back to the happy life she did.
And what was that lesson?
She had to realize her love for "Home" and all those in it, was what truly made her happy. Just the way it was...
Not what she thought it should be.
She had to find out for herself, what her heart's true desire was...
And was it what she first thought?
No..
The complete opposite, actually.
She was going to run away, remember?

It mirrors life.
I believe we all have a path set for us.
Is it easy? Not mine..
(I have a feeling, not many whom may be reading this either)
But then again, no one every told me it was going to be.

But it is the sticky parts, that the true lessons are learned.
It is there in life when we realize, we have strengths we never knew we had. We have lessons that must e learned in order for us to succeed in the future. There have been many times in my life I have faced something and remembered how and when, I learned to deal with it right then.
Usually not a pretty time in my life to be remembered but needed just the same.
We must face truths about ourselves, admit our mistakes, our limitations and try to remedy them..
There is a really "sticky part".
This is usually when most of us pail from our path
And start wandering around on other's paths..
:whistling:
Not meant for us.
It is easy to see when you wander off your path...
You keep hitting brick walls.
Ever have the same messed up thing happened over and over again?
In a relationship? In life in general?
If you have seen it more than twice?
That could very well be "your" brick wall..
Not as pretty as Oz..
But basically the same thing..
The path Dorothy almost strayed from was found again in Oz. She was able to see that the path she was about to go one wasn't hers' and she was hurting those whom loved her so.
So her happiness was right there on that little farm the whole time? Not in a city or a palace? Does it make it any less fulfilling for her, if others may have seen it as her "running home and settling"?
No, it does not.
Plus..
She had only begun her path. She just got redirected early.
;)

We each have our own "happy place".
Our own "path"...
If we just stay on our own and be true to ourselves...
That is where happiness will be found. That is when we find ourselves and ACCEPT ourselves for who we really are.
And being "true to yourself" means keeping the best qualities of "you" with you, on your path..
If you are not the type of person that can hurt others for your own benefit, that is an asset I would suggest holding on to.
If you find, on the path you are hell bent on, you keep feeling like crap because you are hurting those around you, that may be your brick wall..
If you are not affected by it or are in an abusive relationship and feel it is necessary, well..
That's your path..
I'm not here to judge..
But if it's not you?
If it does bothers you?
How can compromising yourself that way, ever improve things? Yes, be determined to be who you are, but stay true to who you are, while you do it..
Maybe your path involves a blend or something..
The wall may not be what you are striving for
(Be it dressing occasionally to full time),
as much as how you are going about it?
I don't know..
It's not my path..
I just know all too well about the brick walls..
:D
Oz would have been so much better, aye?
Where are the poppy fields?
Now I need a nap..
:chatterbox:

[Bravesoul]

2 great prospective on a classic. Great posts.. Thanks for sharing:love:

[docrobbysherry]

The Wiz has always been a favorite of mine since seeing it as a young child. The Over the Rainbow song is so simple, yet a wonderfully memorable tune. The colors in the movie r like a dream.

The message I got from the movie was; nothing is as it really seems!
Cowardly lions, horrible witches that just melt away, the Great Oz is really a doudy little man, and u can be home anytime u want to, if u just click your heels together.

And finally, " That there's no place like home"! Oh, Auntie Em, where's Toto?