Lemon Drops & Bluebirds

The song Somewhere Over The Rainbow gives us a clue as to the place we all long for. Find out more in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
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Transcript

Lemon Drops & Bluebirds

One of my all-time favorite songs is Somewhere Over the Rainbow. There’s something in it that song that touches me in a place I honestly can’t put into words.

It points to a place we all long for — but as another song reminds us, we often go looking for love in all the wrong places.

Years ago, the Grasshopper put two of my favorite ideas into one perfect sentence. He said, “You find the end of pretend when you stop chasing the horizon.” In that one line, he captured the two paths those songs are talking about.

The “end of pretend” is that moment you realize you’ll never find yourself outside yourself. That’s the trap of “looking for love.” It’s like going from one unsatisfying one-night stand to another, never quite feeling the wholeness you get when you slip into that quiet, internal place of peace that Over the Rainbow describes.

Chasing the horizon is chasing an illusion — one that whispers, “When you get there, then you’ll be happy.” But the thing about illusions is . . . as soon as you move toward them, they move away from you. You never arrive; you just keep striving.

Over the Rainbow isn’t some mystical place like Oz. It’s a feeling — a sense of being connected to something that feeds your soul, that gives you peace, that reassures you that everything is, somehow, taken care of.

You’ll never reach the horizon, but you can absolutely travel over the rainbow. It just requires that you discover the end of pretend. That means to stop the chase for just a moment, and realize in that instant of clarity that what you’re looking for is never outside of you.

If you need a physical reminder, stop and buy a package of lemon drops and bring one out when you recognize the fruitless chase. It will be your cue to allow your troubles to melt as you travel to where little bluebirds fly – “Over the Rainbow.”

All the best,

John