The hero's journey always begins with answering the call to adventure. The journey will always involve a descent into darkness, but it must be undertaken if we are to fulfill our destiny. As Shakespeare wrote in Julius Ceasar, "There is a tide in the affairs of men. Taken at its flood, it leads to fortune. Omitted and all one's life is bound in shallows and in miseries. Many of the worst regrets are not for what was done, but for what remains undone. And remember that the call to adventure comes in very unexpected forms and makes demands that may be an offensive to rationality, practicality and "good sense." If you've read the Hobbit, you may remember how one part of Bilbo answered the call to adventure, while another part, the sensible, respectiable middle-aged property owner part, resisted at almost every step.(Zap Oracle card)
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