Barack Obama lived in just an ordinary world being born on August 4th 1961 , Obama was born in Hawaii had a normal life he wasn’t always a president, he had his own differences. As he said in a article, "I didn't have a dad in the house. And I was angry about it, even though I didn't necessarily realize it at the time," the president said. "I made bad choices. I got high without always thinking about the harm that it could do. I didn't always take school as seriously as I should have. I made excuses. Sometimes I sold myself short.” (Johnson 2014), Luke. “Obama: I Got High, Not Always Thinking About The Harm It Could Do.” (The Huffington Post 2014), As you can see he had it tough growing up and he had to overcome adversity, I’m sure those are 3 of many more problems he faced growing up. He traveled back and forth never really got to settle and have a home, he witnessed racial discrimination, and went about his life using marijuana to ease his pain.“Perhaps some of us have to go through dark and devious ways before we can find the river of peace or the highroad to the soul's destination.” ― Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces This gave Obama all the want to push his limits, and turned his can’ts to cans. He used those …show more content…
He was the left handed point guard everyone wanted, his team. Once Obama graduated he then went on to Harvard Law School, being his call to adventure, and pursued a Ph. D. Crossing the first threshold, Barack entered politics through the US Senate. Following that he had many tests, before he was allowed to launch on to the approach to the inmost cave. The inmost cave may represent many things in the Obama’s story such as an actual location in which lies a terrible danger or an inner conflict which up until now that Obama has not had to face. As Obama approached the inmost cave he must make final preparations before taking that final leap into the great