A story must be told in such a way it constitutes help in
itself. My grandfather was lame. Once they asked him to
tell a story about his teacher. And he related how his
teacher used to hop and dance while he prayed. My
grandfather rose as he spoke, and he was so swept away by
his story that he began to hop and dance to show how the
master had done. From that hour, he was cured of his
lameness. That’s how to tell a story.
Martin Büber
Story is a map of human experience. It has chronology, character, scene, and insight. A teller needs a listener; a story needs to be "caught" to be complete.
Christina Baldwin & Ann Linnea, The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair
What's the story you are tending, the one you'll never let be put out?
Let's start there.
Tell me that story.
Christina Baldwin, Making Sense of Our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story
I am the only one who can tell the story of my life and say what it means.
Dorothy Allison
Everyone has a story. That’s what the circle teaches us. We become better people, a better species, when we take the time to hear them. That’s how you change the world, really. One story, one voice at a time.
Richard Wagamese, One Native Life
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