Tell your story. I want to hear it. It is important to share your experiences with others. Today I heard powerful stories, happy and sad - a baby is born, a grad student is killed, a friend gets a new job, a friend's mother is ill. These are all important stories to tell and to hear. We live in a time where we have access to an extraordinary amount of information that is shared by the written word on Facebook and email or spoken to each other (the old fashion way).
Your story may be short or long, may make an immediate impact or have a delayed response, but it must be told. I want to hear them, others want to hear them, we all need to hear them.
I am fortunate that in my job I get to hear stories of survival, resilience, commitment, transformation, and philanthropy. I am always so moved by how one tells a story, why one tells a story and if I'm lucky enough to hear a story more than once, I am always fascinated by new and fresh the story may sound depending on how well the storyteller knows the audience. How does the storyteller change or enhance the story to touch this audience? Why didn't I hear that part before?
Today was a mixture of those stories. Not all of them were good, some were tragic, and others so truly inspiring that somehow I feel a bit more balanced then I did yesterday.
The last two weeks in meditation, I've been holding my hands with my palms up trying to be open and to feel balanced. Holding them like that makes me understand that all these emotions that I feel when I hear stories must sometimes be held at the same time. Happy, sad, confused, clear, wanting more, and sometimes, I must shut down.
Tell your story. I want to hear it.
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