The Journey

Consider this, we are all like Dorothy in the 

Wizard of Oz where in our lives we are swept
away by tornadic winds of change. We didn’t
ask for or expect it, but were taken away unwit-
tingly from our homes with all its familiarity

by circumstances beyond our control. We were
sent out on strange adventures to exciting and
ofttimes foreboding places to discover who we
are and how to deal with new and challenging
situations at hand. Good witches and bad,

Munchkins and flying monkeys, promising Yellow
Brick Roads leading us to who knows where? And
friends along the way who lack strength, courage
and ability, but who offer companionship, longing
and hope up and down the arduous trail. As with

manyof us through it all, we persevered and kept
going to grow and continue on. Even that Wizard
behind the curtain, when revealed to be not at all
who he was purported to be, aroused in us the for-
titude to push on to our rightful place of belonging.

Magical inspiration of our Ruby-slipper Imaginings,
and the comforting unconditional love from our
shaggy dog gave us the courage to never give up
and eventually find our way home. Alice made a
similar journey years before. This may not be Oz,

Wonderland or Kansas anymore, my friends, but
we all have stories of our own to tell.

Chris Hanch 6-26-19