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Find your path

How do you know if you’re on the right path? One of my favorite versions of a path story comes from Joseph Campbell. He said this:


You enter the forest

at the darkest point,

where there is no path.

 

Where there is a way or path,

it is someone else's path.

 

You are not on your own path.

 

If you follow someone else's way,

you are not going to realize

your full potential.

 

Campbell popularized the hero's journey. He said it was the essential story of all stories, all myths, all time. The hero's journey leads us on a search for the eternal, basic force that is the source of all things and unto which all things return. Now, whether you call that God, or the unified field, or Brahma or fate, it really doesn't matter – the point is it's all the same story.


And in the telling, the hero or heroine discovers the same truth, the one truth. Love is the eternal force.


Campbell also said, "Follow your bliss." Your bliss, your path, your way...we all search for it. It’s your life task, and it’s a journey, your journey. You are the hero or the heroine of your own story and you will find many paths, not just one. The task for you is identifying the right one when you find it (even if that’s more than once or twice). So, persevere; keep at it. And when you think you’ve found your path, follow it. With love as the force that guides you, compassion as the wind at your back and kindness at every signpost, your travels will be joyful for you and for the people you encounter. You’ll know when it’s time to move on.


But during your travels this week, when you feel that bliss, acknowledge it within, be grateful, smile at your own good fortune at being able to recognize it and happily move forward. People around you will feel your energy, will be uplifted by it and return it to you and pass it on to others.


2/10/25



 

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