Joseph Campbell quote — “Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. We must be willing …”

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Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. I have bought this wonderful machine — a computer ... it seems to me to be an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy.

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We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

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We must be willing to get rid ofthe life we’ve planned, so as to havethe life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shedbefore the new one can come. If we fix on the old, …

Joseph Campbell A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections… acceptance change grace life plans