Heroes often fail.

while this “work on self” challenges us to stretch ourselves beyond our comfort zones and confront things we’d rather stay asleep to, it is also a great adventure of the kind immortalized in epic poems and classic myths that can liberate our energies to live our lives in more peaceful, alive, authentic, and meaningful ways.

Joseph Campbell noted that hero stories usually involve a visit to the abyss where the protagonist must face a frightening ordeal.

If you are blind or have leprosy or can’t walk, one would think you don’t need a cardboard sign to spell out the problem and your desired solution, i.e., to walk. But this would be admitting powerlessness, which was and is the scariest part of getting sober. Finally, if you are lucky, the Gift of Desperation gives you the insight that you’re in no