The second concept of the Hero's Journey shows us that all stories are the same. They all follow the same pattern or algorithm of separation, initiation and return. An example from the film is The Wizard of Oz where Dorothy is driven from her natural environment by a tornado, initiated with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man, and the group goes on a journey to see the wizard. In the end, he manages to stumble his heels back home. He realizes that he had the ability the whole time, but he needed to prove himself. We are just like the characters we see in our favorite movies, books and shows: they are a metaphor for us as normal human beings. The latest concept I learned is “Follow your happiness”. This concept of bliss is defined in many ways. One definition is serenity. Another definition is the thing you can't not do. It's what makes a person feel alive. To answer the question of what your happiness is, you need to ask yourself tough questions like: What am I passionate about? What makes hours feel like minutes? What made me different as a child? After answering these difficult questions, a person can find them
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