’When the summons arrives to invite the unsuspecting listener to quit his ordinary world and journey to a far less familiar one, different ones react in different ways. Some, who have awaited such a call for years, are only too willing to cast aside the certainty of their unfulfilling present for the chance of a more enthralling future. Julius Caesar was such a listener, as were Napoleon and Alexander the Great. None needed any convincing to test the boundaries of the possible, and when their chance came, took little time to begin their life-voyage. Other listeners have reacted less enthusiastically however, as Odysseus did when Agamemnon summoned him to join the other kings of Greece and help rescue Helen, Queen of Sparta, from the exotic clutches of Paris, Prince of Troy. Jesus son of Joseph was also momentarily unsure of his course of action, when a voice told him he was destined to be other than a carpenter, but instead a preacher of a new and better world that could exist on his earth. But even Odysseus and Jesus both understood they had little choice but to honor the call. Some less exalted listeners however do not recognize they are being called at all, for often their summons begins as only a whisper within their own soul. Such a summons is the most difficult to discern and easiest to disregard. But often the same invitation is then repeated by a herald, sometimes one already known to the listener, whose voice is a trusted and compelling one. His call is made yet more difficult to ignore if he too is bound for the same unique world, and convinces the listener that the task to which he has been charged, can only be accomplished if the listener assists him. Even then the listener may doubt this call is best directed at him, but this is only a convenient excuse designed to hide the fact he is scared to leave his mundane existence for any reason. But those listeners who overcome their fear, thereby acknowledge that deep within them they can no longer acquiesce in the futility of their present life any more than could the herald. So confident or not, both have taken the first faltering step from being one whose life signified little, towards one whose existence may yet someday signify something. And uncertain as either may be, both can take comfort that they are following in the footsteps of many young heroes who once faced the same dilemma as did they.’