I'll be going home to Portland soon.
I just got this message from one of my friends:
Then maybe I can tell you what I've been wanting to tell you. I was afraid of being annoying, or trite, or precious, or shallow.
My students and I have been studying Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey. How the hero is sometimes unwillingly called to a great change from her life, and then put through trial after trial. The most difficult stage is the Abyss, when all hope seems to be lost, when the hero faces the worst of her fears. I was reading your posts from a few days ago and thinking about how you were in the abyss, and hoping that what is true for the Hero's Journey would also be true for you: that what follows the Abyss is the Gift, the return home with a great learning about one's self and one's personal power. The hero is transformed, and through their transformation, they transform their world.
All of my blessings to you, dear Chris. May you already be in the process of finding your gift, after these terrible months of trials. You are my hero.
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