Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life (#8)

The question is "Who am I?" To be honest, I have always hated that question, because I find it very difficult to describe who I am. Who I think I am is different from who others think that I am. Of course, that is the case with probably anyone, but nonetheless, I hate that question.

Having said that though, it is relatively easy for me to connect with characters in different literary works or movies. The character that I am finding myself connecting more and more to as of late would be Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz." I know it's cliche, but due to some family health problems over the past year, I realized that really, there is no place like home. And so, the stars of my powerpoint presentation and movie are my family and Dorothy with her gang.

We, I, used to spend a lot of time dreaming about going far away from home...finding those places over the rainbow with no troubles (the same places that Dorothy sings about in the beginning of the film), only to discover now that there is no place I'd rather be than home.

Like Dorothy said, "If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look further than my own back yard. Becasue if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with." That's how I feel at this moment in time.

Later,
Afrodite