Awakening to Your Story
Who Is the Audience of Your Life Story?
Stories (movies, novels, and more) attract us because we know our life is a story. But every story needs an audience to exist.
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We Love Our Stories
We love novels, movies, and television dramas. Even nonfiction stories can easily grab our attention, including history, documentaries, and the nightly news. And we are drawn to the real-life stories of people we know and don’t know — no matter if the stories are fact, fiction, or both.
And sometimes we hate our stories. But that is just another form of love. We have them because we love them so much and want them to be better.
Stories attract us because they offer alternative ways of understanding our existence. They begin — although beginnings can be arbitrary at times. They change, develop, and evolve—which is the core of the story. And they end — although endings are often a new beginning.
Beginning — Evolving — Ending. That is how we see our life.
Deep within, we know our life is a story. And that is why we are so curious about other stories.
