Getting to Oz

Book excerpt: Home is much more than a physical place or a place we come from; home is a place we aspire to when we first begin to yearn for something more in our lives. This is the home of our heart's desire. In the context of this book, home means leaving behind the safe and familiar to find what is right for each of us. Getting to Oz is a journey of self-discovery that no one can make for us. To get to this new home requires that we leave the nest, a place of safety and security. The promise of this journey is what lies over the rainbow. What we find there is our true home, where we get to claim a life of fulfillment and meaning-the life that we were born to live. Getting to Oz is a culmination of Dr. Deborah Khoshaba's life and her 25-year career helping people to have the courage to face the stresses of living and to forge a deeply meaningful life, no matter what the world throws at them. Inspiring people with her warmth, wisdom, and encouraging ways, Getting to Oz is not just wisdom expressed by an arm-chair philosopher; Deborah lives out what she maintains in this book and has forged a meaningful, rich life despite early hardships. She knows first-hand how to show people the way to Oz, having counseled so many over the years and bringing her own learning to that process. Deborah walks the truth of the wisdom that there is nothing more fulfilling and meaningful than the personal journey we are privileged to have in this life.