Wizard of Oz wisdom

Oh, the things you can get out of old movies.  Wizard of Oz is chock-full of wisdom.  I think we all have a bit of each of the main characters in us.

 Scarecrow:  I can't figure out this problem.  It's beyond me.  Why do I try?

  

Lion:  I just...I just can't face up to these problems.  I'm so scared and alone.  No one can help me out of this.

 Tin man:  All these people around me have so much compassion and caring.  I'll never measure up to the good that they're working.

  

Dorothy:  Oh, home is so far away!  I just need to get to back to the start and make everything good again.

The longer we stay away from Confession, the more we are captured in our failings, the more we repeat these thoughts to ourselves.  Sin not only breaks our relationship with God, but it also hurts the Mystical Body of Christ and distorts our own self-image.  The grace administered through the Sacraments brings about such healing and gives us correct vision.  Through constant conversion and recourse to the Sacraments, our previous lies we were telling ourselves can be transformed.

 Scarecrow:  I have all these tools I've been given, and I have my God-given brain.  I may not have all the answers, but I can certainly do good by what I have!

Lion:  Failure may happen, but as long as I have Christ as my strength, I need not fear!

 Tin man:  I have caring, and I have the right-sized heart for me.  The more I surround myself with the people I care for and the Love of God, the more I will continue to grow in devotion and adoration.

Dorothy:  I am never far away from home.  All I have to do is turn around, right around into His Arms of Love.