The Heros Journey

Part one: the call to adventure

Have you ever had an unexplained urge to do something or go somewhere out of the ordinary leaving the status quo, even to the point of risking everything? This is what Joseph Campbell called the “Hero’s Call”. It is the call to adventure, a call to leave the safe and comfortable and go out there and do something that is simply part of your DNA.

Most people who join WA here a call to adventure and are ready to begin the journey.

Campbell's notion greatly impacted me, because it put meaning around the “siren” that seemed to be going off in my soul. It’s a feeling the everything is okay, but you just know that you are way off course. At times I felt like my soul was dying.

Or sometimes a tragic event jolts you into realizing that this is not the life that you were intended to live. Perhaps a heart attack or near miss car accident jolts you to consider what your life is really about. The call to adventure has been a part of my life in various stages, I guess I’m lucky. But it comes with quite a price at time.

What led me to WA is a call and a pathway to communicate my true passions. Campbell's call is essentially, your niche--your passion. Finding that passion may be a journey in itself.

A call so powerful that to not follow it would lead you to T. S. Eliot’s "wasteland"—a life not being fully lived, and therefore wasted. A life based only on survival.

Sometimes people bury the call-they are either afraid to answer it or too busy with distractions that do not satisfy in the long run.

Do you have an urge that won’t quit?

Have you ever refused the call, and if so what were the consequences?