Here to There

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Here to There

A Sixty-Word SZEN Story*:

In the movie The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy was all set to begin her journey to see the great wizard. All she had to do was follow the yellow brick road. For Carla, the road, to finding the answers she sought, wasn’t yellow, obvious or even visible. Unlike Dorothy, she didn’t know the way because she couldn’t see the destination.

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There is an old familiar expression, what you see is what you get. For many like Carla in our story, she can’t get to the getting part because, either she can’t see the path to get there, or she doesn’t know or can’t decide where “there” is. No journey can truly begin until we know where we want to be.

That said, I used to think that getting what we want and where we want to be is as simple as identifying the goal and moving toward it. I believed that the process of leaning into the goal actually brings the goal closer because when we’re clear on what we want, the universe will conspire on our behalf and ultimately deliver it to us. I now believe that it’s not that simple. It also depends on where we start. Our starting point provides a necessary perspective and vantage point so that we can actually visualize the outcome and begin the trip. Dorothy simply believed that OZ was out there somewhere and would help her get to her real destination, home.

Sometimes we can’t move forward until we grasp fully where we truly are. And we will know we’re in the right spot to start when we see the signs pointing the way and, like Dorothy, we accept the current reality that we’re lost. Getting from here to there implies a straight-line path although it rarely is. Carla’s reality is common, we look for a path but what we really need is an internal vision for our future. That vision sets our GPS coordinates, and miraculously, or serendipitously if you prefer, our personal yellow brick road will appear leading us past our witches and wizards to where dreams come true.

“There’s no place like home.”

* Always 60 words. No more, no less.

Szenippet: We’ve always had the power to be and do what we want. We just have to accept our current reality and be willing to follow our hearts regardless of the price.