LESSONS FROM OZ; THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE "HOME".

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” ~Rumi~

We all know it by heart but when was the last time you watched The Wizard of Oz?

At the end of the movie (Spoiler Alert!) Dorothy realizes that all the characters who helped her get home, Professor Marvel/the Wizard, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, were all aspects of herself that she'd been unable to recognize or claim; Intuition, Brains, Heart, Courage.  Glinda, the Good Witch, tells her that the power to achieve her goal was always within her, but she wouldn't have believed it until she was truly tested and learned it for herself. 

Glinda was right. It had been easier for Dorothy to believe in others - physical representations who embodied these CHARACTERistics - than it was to inherently claim her power.  Sound familiar?  She had to witness them externally, become friends with them, develop a deep trust and rapport, then, through recognition, embrace them as her own - that was her journey.   To see it through, she had to want something so badly - to get home - that she would face her deepest fears and fight every foe to make it happen. 
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The Longing for Home

Another point to ponder... is “home” a place on a map or a place within us... a state of knowing and belief where we come into our own, stand tall and occupy our space, and embrace our power?  Maybe it's both?  A physical location where we feel in sync with our surroundings... where the outside matches our insides.  Where people, place, and things align creating a powerful energetic vortex.   

Is the pull of Home our True North?  Is the homing instinct the call of Self?  Are the compass and the destination the same thing?  

Knowing our truth and purpose works like a rudder, keeping us stable and on course.  Once we know this it sharpens our focus and we're free to shine our light and do our thing, Wicked Witches, Flying Monkeys, and naysayers, be damned!

Like the girl said, "There’s no place like Home…"

Have you arrived Home?  
Was there a force that moved you to go looking for it? 
Was there an event that precipitated your arrival?  
Is there a physical place where you feel your power the most?

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xoAmie