Introduction

Introduction
If you are like me, you like a good story, and you know that a good story has good elements. One of the key elements to a story is conflict. You can’t have a story without conflict. If there is nothing to overcome, then the story is dreadfully boring! Can you imagine watching a movie about some dude washing his BMW?! (Funny that we think that will make a great life though. In all reality it is boring.)

A good story has some sort of conflict that the main character needs to overcome. In the classic stories the conflict usually comes from an extension of evil. The bad guys have invaded the land and need to be repelled. The bad guys bring conflict, evil, chaos, and disruption. We need key characters within those stories to help fend off the bad guys and bring back order, good, peace, and happiness.

Well, like it or not, we are living out a story, and each day is a new page. Every day has conflicts that need resolution, evil that needs battling, chaos that needs order, and disruption that needs peace. If we are going to live out a great story with our own lives, we are going to need some key characters in our story to help us accomplish this.

There are four characters in classic stories that help to accomplish this. These four characters are ones we can all identify with, and should live out in our own lives if we hope to gain any ground at conquering our chaos.

I came across a book that really helped me see the power of characters in a story. These four characters are the King, Warrior, Magician, and Lover. Each one is a character that we relate to, and a role that we fill everyday. These four characters are already being lived out in our lives today, in good ways and, in areas, bad ways. If we can focus in on ways we are living correctly and reinforce them, then discover areas that we are not and make the necessary alterations to correct them, we can bring peace, order, and stability to our story.

I invite you to read on and discover what each character, lived out well in our lives, can do.