The Stories We Tell
S torytelling. When it comes to finding meaning, it helps to try to pull particularly relevant experiences in our lives into a coherent narrative that defines our identity. Emily Esfahani Smith We have heard the phrases; 'a curated life', 'a meaningful life', 'living mindfully'. Some of the phrases have become catchwords, some have acquired an almost judgemental subtext, far from their original blithe use. I looked up a few whilst considering how to approach this post and decided that E.E.Smith's observation about story telling resonated the most. (if you are interested, her Four Pillars of living a meaningful life can he found here .) We live. We get up, go to work (or not), eat, do laundry, grumble about the weather, weep in grief, fear change, shop, sleep, dream. We count our pennies, try to make do, practice our ethics, get along with our neighbours, try to keep cheerful, laugh sometimes, rage at politics and life's unfairness, try to mind our he...
