The Champion Within

"The (person) intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires."

I love this quote because so many of us look to other people to emmulate and achieve for us, when in actuality we would feel so much more fulfilled if we recognized and moved toward the champion/hero within ourselves. How is it we are not taught how to find ourselves? We are taught how to get by, to tow the line, pay the bills, hold a job, have a family...all so mainstream... for what? The sake of an "orderly" society? Perhaps if there were more effort in teaching people how to find themselves, where to look, what it means... from the beginning of school... perhaps there wouldn't be so much depression, depravity, and misfortune? I hope I can give my son a strong sense of self and the ability to pass this along to others!