A Road To Know-Where?

I have recently been absorbed with thoughts regarding my path in life. These thoughts have made me aware that so many of the mediums I surround myself with, are all about this process. The journey, is a story I have understood since studying stories like 'Beowolf' and 'The Odyssey.' I have always seen myself nurtured by mentors and walking across thresholds. It just never occurred to me that during the most controversial time in my life I would notice how few answers there are, but how many other people have asked the same questions. 

My inspiration for this came due to a recent Jimmy Paige obsession paired with imagining why the man sitting next to me at lunch today was eating a large chocolate chip cookie and reading Harry Potter. Fables like Harry Potter, Hansel and Gretel, Alice and Wonderland all hint at the same theme...finding oneself, or one's way. The entire Potter series is based on Harry's objective at finding where he came from and who he is. Hansel and Gretel are lost and find out the kind of people they are when their lives are in danger. And, Alice gets lost both down a hole and through the looking glass, only to find herself back in her sister and cat's company. 

Songs like 'Stairway to Heaven,' 'the Seeker,' and 'Like a Rolling Stone,' are all examples of songs that have plagued my brain lately. With lyrics like:

'yes, there are two paths you can go by, 

but in the long run, 

there's still time to change the road you're on. 

And it makes me wonder...' - Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)

'they call me the Seeker

I've been searching low and high

I won't get what I'm after

till the day I die.' - the Seeker - the Who (favorite recording done by Jack White)

'how does it feel

how does it feel

to be on your own

with no direction home

like a complete unknown

like a rolling stone?' - Like a Rolling Stone - Dylan

The comparisons don't end there...I read a book this summer that tackles the same problems. It is called 'The Way of the Wizard,' by Deepak Chopra. This book directs people toward finding multiple answers and finding multiple paths, but in theory it is the same. The theme of finding oneself as the answer to life's dilemmas is the source for everything the book has to offer. The book relates the story of Arthur and Merlin to finding your way to the grail, your happiness, freedom, love, and more. 

However many examples I find, I am still left with many questions as to where I go now. Do the morals of these fables mean you have to get lost to prove yourself and learn who you are? If you are already lost, how you find yourself? Do you take drugs like Alice? Or, put out bread crumbs like Hansel and Gretel? And, once you've found your way...do you ever go back? 

I've been feeling lost for almost 6 months...in love, in jobs, and in dreams(both literally and figuratively). I am attracted to these storytellers, songwriters, and sorcerers because I share their aspirations. Did they ever find their answers, paths, and way through the woods? If they did...I wish they could share it with me now.