A bit of the teller's tale goes into each story. When we tell
stories we can't help but put ourselves into it somewhere in one way or
another. Whether it be as the cursed prince or princess or the one who
came to save the one who is cursed or whether we are the witch who does
the cursing or the poor king and his wife who lose their children to the
witch's enchantment. Occasionally we end up being the sentient animal -
the wronged dragon or the sloth that comes to the rescue but is
despised because it is a sloth even though it's saved everyone. Often
our story gets a bit warped from what others say. Sometimes it gets
distorted by what we believe of ourselves.
But in the end we are always the hero in our own tale.
Even
so it is our story to tell and in the end it doesn't matter what anyone
else thinks. We are the hero of our own story. We are the ones who in
the end have to save ourselves. We are the ones who in the end have to
save the world or so we think. We are the ones who have to save our
loved ones and we are the ones who have to defeat the embarrassment and
uncomfortable or the dark evil of misconceptions and misinterpretations
of our lives when we allow other people to tell our story.
Are you telling your story or letting others tell it for you?
"For
every mortal in search of who and why he was born there is a conspiracy
of witnesses who may not have been there at all. A bit of the teller's
dream of himself goes into every answer. There are always
circumstances which are indiscernible, and the truth is in their
shadow." Dorothy Salisbury Davis
My sister and I with potential stories.
