{Telling}

So about this idea of story. It's an ongoing thing.

Don Miller writes about it, has even started a movement behind sharing. Seth Godin and other marketers argue that this is what sells. Open up the website of Brene Brown, researcher and storyteller and read the bold words: "Maybe stories are just data with a soul." Read any one of Shauna Niequist's books, the ones that seem to be stacked on the bedside tables of my floor mates, and it's one story after another sharing beautiful bits of life that crackle and pop.

The beautiful thing about story is, in my mind, is not only the intricacies in which we find ourselves able to relate with one another - but also the uniqueness - those parts we find ourselves shaking our heads to in wonder and awe. No two snowflakes, no two fingerprints, no two stories or souls are the same and within telling your story, within the vulnerability that requires, there is a resolve that speaks so incredibly clearly to the individual, yet corporate, human spirit.

How do we tell our story with this in mind? What even makes a good story? Many may answer, well, just forget about trying to live a good story or with sharing it...put down the journal, the recorder, the camera...instead focus on the living part. 

Except, at this point, I think I would reply that it takes discipline and intentionality to live a good story. And a good story doesn't depend on others' definition of "good". As far as sharing - what's the point if we cannot capture, reflect, learn and share our lives? What's the point of the pain and suffering, joy and good if we cannot pass the lessons forward to another?

I don't know. Just some thoughts.