In The Daily Pressfield, Stephen Pressfield explores the arch of the hero’s journey. The journey, he writes, starts at home and ends at home.
But for us… where’s home?
Born and bred, I’m an Oklahoman. In 2018, I moved from Oklahoma for residency in California, but long before I departed for California, Oklahoma ceased being home.
In 2014, when I stayed in Oklahoma for medical school when I knew I should leave, I’d unintentionally entered the wilderness. The journey began. For the next ten years, I searched for a way back—in Oklahoma, California, and Carolina—until I found the trail where it had always been.
Location was never home. Home has always been where I am, but that wholeness and peace, if I’ve learned anything in the last decade, only opens its doors if I’m committed to being who I am.
To livin’ a life we love),
Ryan Fightmaster, MD