I had a nice little thing on stories written but I scrapped it. I don’t think it was all that good--I didn’t really write it with myself in mind. Not really in the spirit of this section.
But I do think that the idea of a story is very important to me. I think, for me personally, it gives a more structured view of purpose than I am able to find elsewhere. I find it comforting to think that growth happens with or without my active participation. Even if I feel I have wasted a day, I have still lived it. I cannot stop myself from proceeding on with life. And while I may not be adhering quite so literally to the Hero’s Journey, I am still learning and thinking and building on the things I have no choice but to see and hear and love. There is infinite grace in the heart of a story. The bad things happen for a reason, same as the good. The errors and pitfalls will no doubt, one day, lead to redemption and understanding. And how wonderful it is to be able to see someone else’s life through that lens! To know they are on a crash course towards an end same as you, to see each small moment of their life in the context of the journey they find themselves on. How can you find fault in their discourtesy when you know there has been such a fascinating journey to lead them to you and that you have now been added to that journey? That there is no doubt consequence for this interaction in both of your lives down that same road? Everything can be traced back to from any one thing. We are here to make things interesting--which we have already done, because we are already here.