Romeo’s Journey #2: Rejection of the Challenge

“My only love sprung from my only hate!

Too early seen unknown, and known too late!

140Prodigious birth of love it is to me,

That I must love a loathèd enemy.” — Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5

So we started looking at the ten steps of the Hero’s Journey, related to finding a relationship. The first step is to confront a challenge. In this case, it is to find a mate, to admit that we want a life partner, a love, a passionate connection.

Once you admit that you want something that is out of y...