Striving Like Dorothy

I read somewhere that the world of 'cancer' can be compared to The Wizard of Oz. I thought this was a wonderful analogy.

Picture Dorothy in the beginning of the movie. She's happy and content in Kansas. Then the storm. Little did she know, that she would be picked up, twisted about and dropped down in a whole new place.

Cancer does the same. There is no warning. No time to prepare. Bamm! It purely announces that it is here. Not going anywhere. Here to stay for good. No matter the 'outcome'....it leaves consequences lying in its path of destruction. Some are the ultimate.

(I think of many friends who are having to deal with the loss of someone dear and precious to this awful beast. Just today, Roy brought home a paper from work about a fellow employee who just loss his battle. Others read this and, I know, just don't 'get it'. There's no way they're expected to. But for us who have been touched by the 'C' word...well, we will forever be touched. I’m actually having a hard time just contributing to the family fund. I am beyond touched…so I want/need to do more.)

Okay, back to The Wizard of Oz.

Along her journey, Dorothy meets many unusual characters. She has ‘challenges’ before her like nothing she has ever faced. And there is a desire to ‘get home’ to the comfortable.

Cancer brings all of this too. I have definitely met some ‘unusuals’ along the way. I actually have been all about the unusual. (And even though I’m not talking about people per say….I have met some ‘unusuals’ in this area too J ) My challenges have, by far, outweighed anything I have ever faced. And I have my days that I yearn for the comfort of the days before I was diagnosed.

Dorothy had one focus in the center of her journey…the wizard. She did everything to get to him. Why? Because he had the answers, the solutions, the way.

I strive to be like Dorothy. Focused. I desire to do everything to get to Him. Why? Because He has ALL the answers and the solutions. He is The Way.

And if I get to wear some beautiful sparkly shoes along the way all the better.

"I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6