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"Some day we will all be history; and history is all about stories. We are born on our own. We die on our own. Yet in between we share in a long rambling story with a huge cast of characters. We can write that story - or it can write us.
What ever happens, it is a strange journey. It just gets curiouser and curiouser.
People go to movies and watch TV to see things they suppose they can only dream about. Ah! But actors only pretend! We are the real characters; our's are the real stories:
It is we who laugh, cry, burn dinner, take our first ride on a skate board, get lost in the woods, give birth, watch friends die, win races, quit jobs, play jokes, fall out of trees, make love on the beach, survive cancer, go broke, kill each other, save lives, fight fires, go to law school, play the trumpet, experience discrimination, learn to drive standard transmissions, run over skunks, save stray animals, clean up after tornados, learn to dance, propose in hot air balloons, forget our wallets in busy checkout lines, carry small giggling children around on our shoulders on crisp fall days, run to catch the last bus home for Christmas in the pouring rain...
Never discount your stories.
They are important, regardless of whether you are a saint or a screaming, mindless butthead. They are how we relate to each other, how we know where we've been or where we are going. They are how we figure out what the hell we are doing here. To tell your story is to give a gift. To listen to someone elses story is a bigger one.
Most of us are complete chickens in at least some area of our life. And that is where the best stories come from.
A good story comes not from what you acheive, but from what you try.
It is limited only by your willingness to step into the world, take your place, throw away the script and say, "roll 'em!..."
So these are the stories we know; and we're stickin' to 'em..."
29-04-2010 om 11:37
geschreven door Hippe Kip
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