One of the most iconic images in movie history is that of the Yellow Brick Road from "The Wizard of Oz". Except for the whole Wicked Witch coming after you part, wouldn't it be nice if we had our own Yellow Brick Road (YBR) in our lives? Would we act differently? If we realized that we were off our YBR, what steps would we take to get back on track?
This idea is not all together a new one. In Jewish tradition, there are prayers that we say every morning. One prayer the speaks to me is where we thank G-d for guiding us on our path. Whether you believe in the idea that we each have our own individual paths, I think we could all agree that it would be nice if we did. Even Fidelity Bank liked this idea with their commercials showing people finding their green path to retirement security.
The reason I thought of this idea on the day before Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, is because on tomorrow night when the Yom Kippur is over and the final shofar blast is sounded, we get a clean slate. A chance to start over. A chance to achieve our goals. A chance to mend broken relationships. In the famous words of Lloyd Christmas from "Dumb and Dumber" when he finds out that he has a one in a million chance with Mary Swanson, "So you're saying there's a chance."
If you are sitting in temple on Yom Kippur tomorrow or if you aren't Jewish and don't understand what's this whole fasting thing all about, think about what you are going to do with your clean slate, your new chance to make it right.
As much as I enjoy the Jewish holidays because it gives us these life lessons, anybody can learn and grow from this time of year. I firmly believe that we each have our own path, our own Yellow Brick Road, our own Fidelity green line, if we take the time to look for it. Here's to you finding your path.
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