Scarecrow: I haven't got a brain... only straw.
Dorothy : How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
Scarecrow : I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
Dorothy : Yes, I guess you're right.
The Wizard of Oz: “Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain.”
Dorothy: We brought you the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West. We melted her!
Wizard of Oz: Oh, you liquidated her, eh? Very resourceful!
Scarecrow: “They took my legs off and they threw them over there! Then they took my chest out and they threw it over there!”
And then you realize that there are some really great/famous quotes that many people use, probably without realizing it. They were really inventive when movies first came out, and there are so many great lines to choose from (I picked a few to include here).
Tin Man: “Now I know I've got a heart, 'cause it's breaking...”
The Wizard of Oz: “Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.”
The Wizard of Oz: “A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.”
The Wizard of Oz: “You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom and chuckled at catastrophe. I was petrified."
I feel like people subconsciously watch those kinds of movies when they are lost. A whole generation of us have "Disney" movies we watched which were full of morals, messages, and meanings. Sometimes I consider the possibility that people really do lose wisdom throughout their lives, and then regain it (well... most of us) at the end of life. Simple concepts that parents try to instill in their children such as sharing, common courtesy, honesty, and general kindness slowly disappear as we get older. We take shortcuts. We tell 'white lies.' We take credit for things other people did. We lash out at others because they hurt us, and sometimes say or do things we will regret.
When spelled out like that, it could be describing the three-year-old or an eighty-year-old. Although the three-year-old barely understands the sentences you're stringing together, he knows that what he's doing is wrong. That knowledge of 'right' and 'wrong' becomes blurred as we get older. We cross lines we didn't mean to but then we can't go back.
Everyone is driven by different things, but we all try to appear strong. We do this in different ways; some people become bullies, some hit the books, some pick up a sport, and others just take abuse and put it all in a bottle. It's important to let all of those feelings go eventually. If you took all the hurt inside of everyone on the planet, I'm not sure that it would be overpowered by the good. So, in filling this world with good, we need to expel the bad from ourselves. No lingering hatred. No 'hard feelings.' No jealousy. No animosity toward others. "An eye for an eye, and soon everyone will be blind."
"It's human nature..." is a phrase that is WAY too commonly used. People come in different shapes, sizes, colors, and personalities. But we all share one very important thing in common. We have access to all of the wisdom of our elders, and we have the ability to change. Through those simple concepts, the argument that "it's human nature" should be invalid. Yes, nobody wants to get hurt, but you have the ability to let it go. You also have a voice. You can say 'don't treat me like that,' and walk away. That is your choice to make. Nobody can 'make you feel' any way that you don't let them feel. If you approach every situation with love in your heart and a calm demeanor, then nothing and no one can hurt you.
