An anime a day keeps the doctor away.

"LET DOROTHY GO TO THE CITY OF EMERALDS"

The little old woman took the slate from her nose, and having read the words on it, asked, "Is your name Dorothy, my dear?"

"Yes," answered the child, looking up and drying her tears.

"Then you must go to the City of Emeralds. Perhaps Oz will help you."

"Where is this city?" asked Dorothy.

"It is exactly in the center of the country, and is ruled by Oz, the Great Wizard I told you of."

"Is he a good man?" inquired the girl anxiously.

"He is a good Wizard. Whether he is a man or not I cannot tell, for I have never seen him."

"How can I get there?" asked Dorothy.

"You must walk. It is a long journey, through a country that is sometimes pleasant and sometimes dark and terrible. However, I will use all the magic arts I know of to keep you from harm."

"Won't you go with me?" pleaded the girl, who had begun to look upon the little old woman as her only friend.

"No, I cannot do that," she replied, "but I will give you my kiss, and no one will dare injure a person who has been kissed by the Witch of the North."

She came close to Dorothy and kissed her gently on the forehead. Where her lips touched the girl they left a round, shining mark, as Dorothy found out soon after.

"The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick," said the Witch, "so you cannot miss it. When you get to Oz do not be afraid of him, but tell your story and ask him to help you. Good-bye, my dear."

The journey may be long and lonely at the start, but along the way, we'll all pick up a few good friends here and there, people whom we learn to trust and rely on. Of course there are rotten ones as well, those are meant to be disposed off. We all embark on a journey of blind faith . A journey to find something that hopefully will be the answer to everything else. But we know that above all, we always have some form of divine protection with us. Though the road is clearly marked out, sometimes, we go astray but if we trust our instincts, we'll somehow get back onto the highway later.

How many of us can be as brave as Dorothy? Be like the tin man in search of his heart? Or the cowardly lion looking for courage and the scarecrow with no brains who does not want to be called a fool?

All of us are in search of our soul. We have high points and low points. We've got midpoints too but those aren't as exciting. We've all got to take reality checks to make sure we don't fall off the road. That would be too painful now wouldn't it?