"Stories are a communal currency of humanity." Tahir Shah, in Arabian Nights
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In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus must pass between Charybdis, a treacherous whirlpool, and Scylla, a horrid human-eating, cliff-dwelling monster.
And so was born
that cliched term, ‘caught between a rock and a hard place’, implying the difficulty of choice when no outcome appears to be advantageous. In fact, at times, the choices available to us are blatantly awful and our thoughts are consumed with what we know will be lost. We don’t always know when something is going to turn out positively for us, but we tend
"Shame dies when stories are told in safe places." Ann Voskamp
"I believe that everything in the world has a story to tell. Even the sunshine and the wind, I think you can hear their stories." "Tokue" from Sweet Bean
"Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form." Jean Luc Godard, Film Director
"Stories create community, enable us to see through the eyes of other people, and open us to the claims of others.”
Peter Forbes
“The wounding becomes sacred when we are willing to release our old stories and to become the vehicles through which the new story may emerge into time.” Jean Houston
Some months back, I attended a workshop with the acclaimed Harvard-trained biologist, practising psychologist, and best-selling author, Joan Borysenko. The workshop explored her studies in evolutionary narrative. With her unique blend of hard-core scientist and decades of study and practice in meditation, she has an abiding certainty in the mind-body connection, and how critical it is to marry a healthy mind to a vital body so we can become a meaningful presence in the world. Borysenko’s work in narrative is well renowned. As
"Stories are a communal currency of humanity." Tahir Shah, in Arabian Nights
"The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories." Mary Catherine Bateson