A Long Walk On A Short Path
| posted by Leslie Ann SmithThe Seven “T’s of Oz” and Your Personal Transformation
When we think about the reasons that one must take better care of their life, it would be smart to begin thinking outside of the norm for your way of accepting the perceived. This is your first step to a new you - personal prosperity - and freedom from the chains of bondage. There are seven principles that each of us must practice to begin a “long walk on a short path!”
This text offers a transformation through my hunger for knowledge and my thirst for instruction. Yes, there is a difference between “hunger” and “thirst” and the seven inherent steps will not only define them for you, they will prepare you to accept your right to choose the future that is awaiting your new transformation into greatness. The seven principles, if they were an apple, would allow me to take a bite to quench my hunger for change.
They are outlined as:
1. Think (the Future Picture)
2. Tongue (Words of Wisdom: Voice)
3. Transition the Mind (the Scarecrow)
4. Transform the Heart (the Tin Woodman)
5. Totality of Courage (the Cowardly Lion)
6. Tortuous (Full of Twists and Turns)
7. Toxic (Leadership, Behaviors, Values)
As we seek to experience change for our lives, we must first try to construct our future picture. This means that we must already know what we want our future to look like when we get there. This form of thinking allows each of us to examine a word that for some is the opposite of what they may be using (your actions) in life now; proactive, the opposite of procrastination. Being proactive places you on a path that limits negative things from happening.
Using the characters from the Wizard of Oz, I’ll attempt to introduce the seven principles for change that anyone can follow. You’ll see glaring similarities between your life experiences and those of Dorothy Gale from Kansas, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Glenda -the Witch of the North, the Wicked Witch of the West, the Emerald City, and Munchkin Land. Your will be required to think “outside-the-box” for learning a new set of rules. Beginning with the first principle through the entire book, you will be entertained with laughter while learning how to plan a better future for yourself.
My craftiness with the cast of characters, along with an overview of their personalities and traits, will place you in front of a mirror to look at their own reflection for understanding how to overcome the obstacles that you may encounter along your own "long walk on a short path" in life.
If you would like to learn additional information on how to get on your own path of change for your life, contact me here:
Email: lwsp@leslieasmith.com
