it takes guts to become who you aspire to be. aspiration is one thing, reality another, and commitment its own universe. i genuinely believe god would like to see everyone develop into their most actualized self, but sometimes it’s not a question of god but our willingness to endure, and survive, the heroine’s journey.
coming from the field of folklore and mythology, the heroine’s journey is the female version of the hero’s journey. it’s formulaic in that it always begins with a call to adventure and the storybook always ends with the heroine returning back to the world, transformed from having slayed the monster and saved the day. in film, we call her the final girl.
the heroine’s journey:
call to adventure → supernatural aid → cross the threshold into the unknown → mentors / helpers → trials → revelation → transformation → atonement → return from the unknown → return to a normal life
the final girl is the woman left to tell the story. often, she’s the only one who actually sur…
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