Empowerment

July 7

I am thankful for empowerment. Empowerment allows us to "grab the bull by the horns" and take charge of our lives.

This is a photo of a little girl's shoes at a wedding that I photographed with my brother Fred. The shoes reminded me of the ruby slippers that Dorothy inherited fromt the Wicked Witch of the East in The Wizard of Oz. These slippers represented power in the movie. As long as Dorothy was alive nobody could take the slippers. And in the end, the slippers allowed Dorothy to return home to Kansas. Interesting that this is the second time I've used a Wizard of Oz reference in this blog (The Brain, May 5). Obviously, that movie made a huge impact on me.

ruby slippers

"there’s no place like home

there’s no place like home"

dorothy said as she clicked her heels together

and returned

back to monochrome

dorothy had found

she had the power all along

so she returned back to kansas

a place she would always belong.

© rt tulley