I had the opportunity to see this hot air balloon near my neighborhood this past weekend. 

SUPER colorful and SUPER beautiful!

I couldn’t help but think of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz (a total classic).

In the movie Dorothy was trying to run away from her problems.  She was scared, didn’t know what to do, felt unloved and misunderstood, and decided to run away from home. 

Sound familiar? 

Okay, maybe not the actual “running away from home” part but how often do you find yourself running away from a problem?

Unlike Dorothy’s story in the Wizard of OZ, running away to us can look like not dealing with the issue and just doing nothing. We think if we don’t focus on it, it will just go away.  So, we stop thinking about how much we feel off-purpose, disengaged, unfulfilled, unchallenged, and frustrated and we start doing POSITIVE SELF-TALK. 

Which may sound like:

• I love my job
• I should just be grateful for what I have
• It’s not that bad
• If I can just make it to the weekend, I’ll be fine
• Even though I ca
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