The Guide’s printed and for sale. Oh shit. It just got real.
Here is something I had a part in creating, along with two guys with whom I’m tight. Holding it for the first time. It existing. Our names on the front. Our words within.
Initially I was filled with a fantastic sense of Pride in the three of us, as well as a huge boost to my sense of Purpose.
Once my ego had finished its celebratory wank, this feeling of elation soon subsided and was replaced by a cold shiver down my spine as I was reminded of a Dream one of my co-writers recounted to me about a year or so ago.
The Dream was that he was walking through Central Park in New York with an old Friend who had just read the Guide. His Friend turned to him and said, ‘this is great … now Live it.’
It’s like the old saying, ‘you can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?’
The following paragraph appears towards the end of the Guide, in a piece called ‘The Tribe of Heroes’:
“…here’s the bad news; decision time is looming. Once you’ve reached the end of this Guide and taken our thoughts on board you have no excuse stopping you from living it. It’s easy to say the ideas are good and it all makes sense and you’re thinking about taking the tough route, but words are just another hand-job if you don’t follow them with Actions (and as the wise man asked, ‘if not now, when?’).”
Re-reading that with the memory of the Dream fresh in my mind, I realised it wasn’t just directed at the reader reaching the end of the book, but also at the writers. It’s all very well us putting down on paper our thoughts on how a Man can strive to reach his Heroic potential, but to what extent are we each actually living it as individuals? We have said from the start that we’re making no big claims
about the size of our own Balls here.
I’ve been saying ‘we’ but I guess I can’t really speak for the other two on this. This is my Quest towards becoming as great as I can be. As much as they can – and do – support me, I have to find the path Alone.
I’m pretty sure I’m on the right path but am I heading in the right direction?
Life (Fate?), recognising the route my thoughts were taking,
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recently gave me the opportunity to put my Heroic Qualities – primarily that of Honour – to the test.
I failed fantastically.
This psychological kick to the Balls reminded me all too swiftly that the Heroes Quest is a long one, mainly uphill and I am only a stumble from the starting line.
It was also a stark reminder that the writing (the ‘talk’) was the easy bit – now I need to Live it.