The good guy beats the bad guy
Lots of action and adventure
Sometimes a love interest
thrown in
to make things
interesting.
I always think of Luke Skywalker
And how his journey
(the point of it)
Was to battle the bad guys
And blow up
The Death Star
But, really the hero’s journey is about
who Luke becomes
along the way
How he learns new things
Travels to far off places
Gets trapped in some stinky situations
With the feeling that the walls
(sometimes)
are closing in on him.
He reaches out for help
makes new friends
with the unlikeliest of people
He does impossible things
And discovers an inner strength
That he didn’t realize he had
A strength to do hard things
He comes out the other side
A changed person
a bit battered
But more grown up
He realizes he can do alot on his own
Just using the courage
he has inside
An ordinary person doing
Extraordinary things
The real hero’s journey is not about beating the bad guy
Its about learning who you are
As a person.
That despite the struggles
And hardships
The hero will make it to the
end okay
And sometimes more than
just a little okay.