returning from the hero's journey
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returning from the hero's journey
To be human is to self-transcend. The person who steps through the looking glass is never the same when they return.
Max Anton Brewer • The Mirror of Language
coming back should be as important as the going in the first place. This is the return, when you, the hero, have been on a road of trials and are now bringing the reward back into the old world, so that it can become new. In terms of a holiday, once again, this is the time to reflect on what you’ve seen and learned, who you’ve met, how they’ve made
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The story of self gives you standing, a platform from which to speak. When you talk about your transition—from who you used to be to who you became—you are being generous with us. It’s not about catastrophizing your situation or the faux empathy of online vulnerability. Instead, the story of self is your chance to explain that you are people like u
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The journey of the hero or heroine involves first a leaving of the familiar, then a passage through struggle to a new place, and finally a return home with the gift of higher consciousness that is available to all who want it.
