If you ask me, Dorothy Gales' journey was easy. Even though she got caught in a tornado, found herself infinite miles away from home, got sent away by the wizard, accosted by the Wicked Witch of the West, she finally found that the path to her destination was simple. All she really had to do was click those ruby reds together three times in succession repeatedly and repeat, "There is no place like home".
Now what if I could just reach my goals by doing that? Wouldn't life be simple?
I doubt it. The anxiety that I experience in everyday life just makes life extremely unpleasant. When you are constantly looking over your shoulder in anticipation of perceived threats, it makes the actual ones that much more frightening. There ain't a pair of angst defying ruby red slippers in the world that could get me out of some of the messes that I find myself anchored in some days. Nevermind a yellow brick road.
The only thing that you actually have to fear, is fear itself. That's what my mom always told me. It's so much easier said than done. Fear stinks...it sucks even. Fear was the biggest obstacle that Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion faced. It delayed Dorothy from finding the simplest of answers that would have solved her problem. Fear does that to many of us.
So, why was that yellow brick road yellow? Fear. It camouflaged itself as the easiest path from here to there. It wouldn't have been so symbolic if it had been another color.
I guess I'll have to paint my bricks a purple...green maybe.
Now what if I could just reach my goals by doing that? Wouldn't life be simple?
I doubt it. The anxiety that I experience in everyday life just makes life extremely unpleasant. When you are constantly looking over your shoulder in anticipation of perceived threats, it makes the actual ones that much more frightening. There ain't a pair of angst defying ruby red slippers in the world that could get me out of some of the messes that I find myself anchored in some days. Nevermind a yellow brick road.
The only thing that you actually have to fear, is fear itself. That's what my mom always told me. It's so much easier said than done. Fear stinks...it sucks even. Fear was the biggest obstacle that Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion faced. It delayed Dorothy from finding the simplest of answers that would have solved her problem. Fear does that to many of us.
So, why was that yellow brick road yellow? Fear. It camouflaged itself as the easiest path from here to there. It wouldn't have been so symbolic if it had been another color.
I guess I'll have to paint my bricks a purple...green maybe.
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