The End

How do we know if it is the end or the beginning?

Taken in a small pueblo in Colombia. Photo by me.

Most of us have heard of the hero’s journey. If you haven’t, it is the start of a journey that leads to failure, growth, death, rebirth, revelation, change, atonement, gift, and a return but changed.

We each go through many of these trials and tribulations in our lifetime, whether we know it or not.

It will happen.

A friend recently went through one, and he messaged me that everything was now so clear. He spent the last two months in a dark hole.

He was up and down, and eventually, he said ¨ Something changed¨. He had no idea one decision he made would spiral him essentially into his hero’s journey.

Now, he has returned a changed man. No, he did not go anywhere; it was all internal.

A hero’s journey can happen at any time. It does not mean you sell everything and embark on a quest. Yet it could.

It can be as subtle as a breakup, quitting a job, or any change in your life to spark you into the depths of hell, and sometimes the journey takes longer than anticipated.

Never knowing if I am still wandering in darkness or while in the darkness, I reset the clock.