We may not encounter the sacred or experience something worth labeling “epic,” and the liminality may be tame and short-lived, but we have gone on a journey, and if we have gone with openness and paid attention, we’ll see that we’ve returned with a boon. It may not be a vial of healing water, an epiphany, or deeper faith. At the very least, however, we’ve experienced something new. We may notice certain things for the first time, or see familiar things in a new light. We have woken up — at least a bit — to what is around us.
