"Thoughtful Travelng" ~ July 11 (Joseph Campbell)
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2017-07-26

Greetings Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for July 11th!

It’s by Joseph Campbell, the American mythologist and writer who wrote “The Hero’s Journey”.  He lived from 1904 to 1987.

“Whenever a knight of the Grail tried to follow a path made by somebody else, he went altogether astray.  Where there is a way or a path, it is someone else’s footsteps.  Each of us has to find his own way.”

So what are your thoughts on today’s quote? Here’s mine.

“This is another of those quotes that compares travel to a life’s journey.  To become happy and successful, people must lead their own individual lives.  Although we have heroes and role models that help show us the way, we cannot assume their personas or spend our lives imitating them and still be true to ourselves.  It simply does not work.  Just as the ancient knights observed by Campbell cannot follow a path made by someone else, neither can we trod in another’s footsteps and live up to our own potential.  We must find our own way and make the best of it.”

Now…here’s the list of all the sources quoted in July. I hope you’ll stop by each day to enjoy all the interesting and insightful things they have to say.  Thanks, and see you tomorrow!