Sunday, October 10, 2010
"Most of our experience, our knowledge and our thinking is organized as stories" (Pink, 2005). Stories are important pieces of information that allows others to understand our actions, emotions, and knowledge and vice versa. A few weekends ago, unintentionally, I participated in one of the activities in A Whole New Mind, Whip out the tape recorder (without the tape recorder). My husband invited his employees and their spouses over to our home to fellowship. The employees knew each other but the spouses, including me, did not know each other. We started to share how we meet our spouses. The stories (personal information) appeared to create a sense of warmth, trust and hopefully new friendship among the participants.
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Isn't it amazing we all have a story. We love to talk about ourselves (some more than others). We can learn so many things from stories.
ReplyDeleteI love to hear other people's stories. You do learn so much about someone. It also is interesting and telling in what others are willing to share.
ReplyDeleteThe whole metaphor of life as stories and story-telling is fascinating to me. The stories of cultures, societies, and nations, ancient and modern, are enthralling. The stories of families are a precious heritage.
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