The Grand Opening

Welcome to Open Your Oz!

What?

This is a collaborative blog aimed at intensely laid-back musings about life.  

Who?  And…Why? 

We are two like-minded adventurers, Victoria and Nate, looking to poke and prod at some big questions in our little lives, and help each other explore and enjoy the unfolding of answers.

Life is beautiful… We let so many of the intricacies of life slip past us, unexamined. 

And, it doesn’t matter, it’s been said, where information comes from, if it rings a bell of truth within you.  We expect our offerings here to ring bells of truth in us so powerful that they reverberate throughout each facet of our lives.

We both believe strongly in the creative power of thought in our lives.  Everything – both the glorious, and the not-so-glorious -- springs first from our thoughts.  Our lives are of our own shaping.  How humbling.

How exciting!  

How (often)?

We will write as we feel inspired.  This blog is, above all else, an exercise in trust and joy.  We will trust that everything unfolds perfectly, and that everything we need to write will be provided for us at the right and perfect time.  We are not students completing a homework assignment, but learners engaging in exploration. We will let the questions, wonders, and joys of our lives pull us in inspiration to write, rather than our obligation-sense pushing our minds to produce prose.

In the spirit of intentional thought and life, we each intend (not hope, not wish, not long for, but intend) to find something worth writing about at least once each week: something that makes our hearts sing or our minds pulse with curiosity or excitement.  We intend to share our insights here on Open Your Oz, so that each other’s eyes might also be opened, refreshed, to the playful nature and deep value of even everyday happenings.

Umwut?

This is an adventure as well as an experiment.  We will trust the process, and revel in the good it brings us, while seeing what happens next as we do this next step and the one after.  We will not push ourselves or each other, but will take this as an opportunity to breathe more and be more understanding and accepting of ourselves in all our moments as we grow and learn together.

Let’s enjoy investigating the Oz-like magic of the present moment, and allow our joie de vivre to overflow in written words.

Our mission: to go where we have never gone before, to explore and celebrate what we find there, and to keep our eyes open for the Oz-like "magic" of every day.

Our method: the written word.  (Technically, the electron.)

Our audience: each other.

Also: ourselves.

Our favorite ice cream flavor: Peanut butter cup (Nate), Mint chocolate chip (Victoria)   (Like we said, we're individuals, too...)

Some closing thoughts:

Thanks to all for a good life experience.*

It is so good to be alive.**

May our own lives show us the truth of these words:

All is well.  We are loved.

Peace,

Nate & Victoria

 *Thanks especially for all the fish!

**Unless, apparently, you’re a fish.