Orriginally posted (by me) here:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=1014607899630099/20/11
((WARNING: TIM BURTON'S "Alice in Wonderland" SPOILERS AHEAD)
I have a habit of finding "Spirit Guides" in the oddest places. For the last several months, my guide has been Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. In particular Alice's growth throughout the movie--from a somewhat timid girl letting her family guide her every movement, to the woman who faces the jaberwokey and then says goodbye to her friends to return home and become a truely independant woman. I, in many ways, have been on that journey myself this summer...and soon it will be time for me to leave Wonderland and return to the real world.
Alice and her friends will always be with me, of course, reminding me that all of the best people are entirely bonkers, that I still have my muchness, and that the impossible can always be true.
But just as movies end, so my time in Wonderland--or in my case YNP-- is drawing to a close. I have, for the most part, defeated my personal Jaberwokies, Banished my Red Queens, and am prepared to take the reins of my life firmly in hand.
Durring all of this (and due to something a friend said around the same time) I became the White Rabbit to my bff's Dormouse. (As far as nicknames go at least). The white rabbit became the symbol for who I was, and Alice for who I wanted to become.
I'm sure I will find a new guide before long here. I can feel Alice backing off as I reach the goals she was leading me to. I don't know yet who or what my next inspiration will be, but I can't wait to see where this next stage of my journey leads!
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