When we think about storytelling, most of us think of fairy tales and children. The real truth about stories, though, is that they're so much more than we think.
In this blog, I'll be sharing ideas about the power and place of stories for grownups as well as kids. I invite you to share your stories, too. They can be personal stories or stories you've heard that have inspired you or made you think.
In the latter vein, here's one of my favorites:
Long ago – in the time of flying buttresses and catacombs, of Rose windows and gargoyles – a traveler chanced upon three stonemasons hard at work. “What are you doing?” he asked the first one. “I’m cutting stones,” said the man. “What are you doing?” he asked the second. “I’m building a wall,” the man replied. Finally, he asked the third man the same question. “Ah,” said the third. “I’m building a cathedral.”
This is the power of stories. What you tell yourself shapes who you are now - and who you will become. While all three stonemasons answered truthfully, only the third one envisioned himself and his work within the larger story.
What stories are you telling yourself that simply cut stones? What stories are allowing you to build cathedrals?
In this blog, I'll be sharing ideas about the power and place of stories for grownups as well as kids. I invite you to share your stories, too. They can be personal stories or stories you've heard that have inspired you or made you think.
In the latter vein, here's one of my favorites:
Long ago – in the time of flying buttresses and catacombs, of Rose windows and gargoyles – a traveler chanced upon three stonemasons hard at work. “What are you doing?” he asked the first one. “I’m cutting stones,” said the man. “What are you doing?” he asked the second. “I’m building a wall,” the man replied. Finally, he asked the third man the same question. “Ah,” said the third. “I’m building a cathedral.”
This is the power of stories. What you tell yourself shapes who you are now - and who you will become. While all three stonemasons answered truthfully, only the third one envisioned himself and his work within the larger story.
What stories are you telling yourself that simply cut stones? What stories are allowing you to build cathedrals?
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