Everyone loves a good story. We're drawn into the actions and emotions of a story, and that helps us to connect to the information in it and remember it. A good story entertains, but it also shares something about life and about the characters in the story, and often about the person telling the story. Especially if the story is a personal one.
Storytelling sticks in the mind because it attaches emotions to events, and that's the way we remember things. If you don't tell stories, no one will remember what you say. ~Nick Morgan
The world is shaped by two things ― stories told and the memories they leave behind. ~Vera Nazarian
We can learn from stories because we remember them and can consider the events from different points of view, wonder or imagine what the people involved felt or thought, and think about what we might have done differently. When I tell someone a story about something in my life, they get to know me, and they can respond with a story from their life about a related or contrasting experience. We might be able to get the same information from a questionnaire or list of facts, but a story allows us to connect.
Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact. ~Robert McKee
To be a person is to have a story to tell. ~Isak Dinesen
We owe it to each other to tell stories. ~Neil Gaiman
I think it's really important to tell our stories to the next generations. I've lived in times that my kids aren't familiar with, just as my parents and my grandparents experienced things that I haven't experienced. Their stories, and the stories of the generations before them shaped me, in a way, and shape the generations to come. Again, I can read in a history textbook about the countries my great-grandparents emigrated from or about the historical events they witnessed, but that doesn't affect me in the same way as hearing or reading the first-hand accounts of people connected to me passed down. Take the time to listen to the stories of someone who lived through the Great Depression, witnessed a historical event, or lived and worked in a time very different from our modern technologies. It will give you a new perspective on your own life and experiences, the things you take for granted and the things you might complain about. Share your stories with younger family members or with friends that come from different cultures or times or places.
Storytelling has always been at the heart of being human because it serves some of our most basic needs: passing along our traditions, confessing failings, healing wounds, engendering hope, strengthening our sense of community. ~Parker J. Palmer
Storytelling is the greatest activity of any culture. Storytelling is how you build a family, how you pass along identity. ~Randall Wallace
Share your story with someone. You never know how one sentence of your life story could inspire someone to rewrite their own. ~Demi Lovato
Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for. ~Simon Sinek
O my people, listen to my instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying,
for I will speak to you in a parable.
I will teach you hidden lessons from our past―
stories we have heard and known,
stories our ancestors handed down to us.
We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the LORD,
about his power and his mighty wonders.
~Psalm 78:1-4~
How are you telling your story? Leave a comment and let me know!
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☺️ was just telling a million stories to my kids and nieces and nephews.
ReplyDeleteGood for you! I enjoy sharing stories with my kids and other family members. I think they like it too. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
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