Most people quit when they begin this.

Mastering mysterious phenomena—discovering and treading the uncommon paths, enduring the violently difficult journeys, and embracing the public humiliation of the open trials and errors required to find the wonders of life.

This process isolates you. Makes you uncommon. Mysterious. And most people hate what they can’t understand. It’s not their fault, it’s human nature, so don’t let that stop you.

We all want to relate, to fit in, to be accepted and loved. But that’s the cost the master pays to take the road to mastery.

And the payoff is glory.

The uncommon man who endured the crowd’s resistance while he was in the pit, forging himself to be a master, guide, and light, will emerge with treasures to share, stories to inspire, and a legacy that grants him immortality. But most of all he will get the ultimate reward: knowing himself.