We are all heroes struggling to accomplish our adventure. As human beings, we engage in a series of struggles to develop as individuals and to find our place in society. Beyond that, we long for wisdom: we want to understand the nature of the universe and the significance of our role in it.
Dave Whomsley, “Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand faces”, in Eva M. Thury and Margaret K. Devinney (ed.), Introduction to Mythology, third edition, 2013.