landscape,  mountains,  National Parks,  Smoky Mountains National Park,  sunrises

Sunrise at Foothills Parkway

Sunrise on Foothills Parkway in the Smoky Mountains

In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy skips and dances down a yellow brick road in hopes of finding the Wizard of Oz who will help her return home to Kansas. Traveling that yellow brick road lead her to new horizons, discovering her gifts of wisdom, courage, and love. I like to think of Dorothy’s yellow brick road as a metaphor of our spiritual journey to new horizons.

Some of us live in the shadow of an illusionary self, a false-self that alienates us from reality, much of this world and a Creator. We can be blind to the possibility of the horizons yet to be discovered, paralyzed with fear, failing to venture forward on our yellow brick road and discover our gifts of wisdom, courage, and love, which I choose to call our true-self.

“May we seek this inward path to encounter the true-self, the essence of who we are, and allow ourselves to be embraced by love.”

Retired. Having fun with photography. Journal daily. Meditate daily. Learning haiku/poetry. Have a love for fountain pens.

2 Comments

  • Tom Dills

    Interesting concept, that of “an illusionary self, a false-self that alienates us from reality.” So much of our behaviors are guided by this false-self, likely resulting from our perception of the expectations of or comparison to others.

    I still haven’t been to the Foothills Parkway, and it’s practically in my back yard!