PART IV 
PART IV The challenge of finding one's way in the world is exciting to some and daunting to others. Success and failure occupy us all on one level or another, and self-sufficiency is a quality not always easy to develop while retaining compassion for one's fellow humans. Money, position and power are not merely things to be had ‘out there in the world’, however; they are also profoundly symbolic, reflecting our deepest values. Myth has many stories about ambition and greed, power and failure, and responsibility and irresponsibility towards others. It reveals our most fundamental attitudes towards money, and the ways it often symbolizes or replaces self-worth and the craving for love. Mythic stories can also teach us about the discovery of one's right place in the world, and what is meant by vocation. They can give us profound insights into the way we interact in society. We have many collective assumptions about what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. But myth can sometimes surprise us as it gently reveals our strengths and weaknesses, our truths and our hypocrisies, our mistaken value systems, our lack of understanding of our worldly motives, and our often ambivalent attitudes towards those we feel to be better or worse placed than ourselves.
