The Hero’s Journey – The Call
Throughout time and across cultures, in all the stories told around campfires, painted in caves, sung by troubadours, imagined by warrior thanes, and experienced by Hobbits chasing dwarves to face dragons, there exists but one overarching narrative: that of the Hero’s Journey. It is the great story, the mono-myth that is told over and over again, from the Legend of the Holy Grail to Star Wars.
It is the story of the protagonist leaving the safety and comfort of the known to journey to unknown lands, where he or she will invariably encounter dragons, trolls, wizards, wicked step-mothers, and all manner of perilous creatures.
Along the way, helpers arrive, companions for the journey, fellow travellers, the likes of which we would never meet but for the journey.
THE HOBBIT
Gandalf: I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.
Bilbo: I should think so—in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can’t think what anybody sees in them …
But it seems dear friends we are all right now approaching unchartered territory due to the coronavirus and must face its global impact willing or not!
You’ll have a tale or two to tell when you come back, says Gandalf
Bilbo: You can promise that I’ll come back?”
Gandalf: No. And if you do, you will not be the same.
And so it goes with adventures doesn't it!
I wish you all well on your way send you much love.
Anne Maria
x x x
It is the story of the protagonist leaving the safety and comfort of the known to journey to unknown lands, where he or she will invariably encounter dragons, trolls, wizards, wicked step-mothers, and all manner of perilous creatures.
Along the way, helpers arrive, companions for the journey, fellow travellers, the likes of which we would never meet but for the journey.
THE HOBBIT
Gandalf: I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.
Bilbo: I should think so—in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can’t think what anybody sees in them …
But it seems dear friends we are all right now approaching unchartered territory due to the coronavirus and must face its global impact willing or not!
You’ll have a tale or two to tell when you come back, says Gandalf
Bilbo: You can promise that I’ll come back?”
Gandalf: No. And if you do, you will not be the same.
And so it goes with adventures doesn't it!
I wish you all well on your way send you much love.
Anne Maria
x x x
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