Quote of the Day by Joseph Campbell on pursuing one's passion — ‘If you do follow your bliss…’

Key points

• Quote of the Day: “If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.” — Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell’s quote, “If you do follow your bliss…
• the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living,” is one of the most famous modern reflections on purpose.
• Campbell’s idea of “follow your bliss” is often misunderstood as simply chasing pleasure, but the Joseph Campbell Foundation explains it as something deeper: following the work, path or calling that brings a person into alignment with their deepest life energy.
• For modern readers, the quote is a powerful lesson on vocation, courage, self-trust and the life that begins when one stops living only by fear or social approval.