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Life is All About Stories
Stories come in many variables — true, false, and everywhere in-between.
Everyone has a story to tell. Everyone.
Some people tell stories quite matter-of-factly. Thing ‘A’ happened with person ‘B’ at time ‘C’ and the outcome was ‘D’. It may not seem like much of a story — but it still is.
Many people don’t think of themselves as storytellers. But that’s seldom true. They might just not offer up a lot of color, flair, and detail.
“I’m not much more than an interpreter, and not very good at telling stories.”
— C-3PO
Then there are people like me who tell many stories. Some are true. Others are pure imagination. And some may be true — but are hard to believe.
Life is all about the stories we tell. A huge part of what makes us so different from the rest of the animal kingdom is our ability to perceive the world with the depth that we can. The human ability to interpret nuances and subtlety is, as far as we know, unique.
Thus, some stories are more interesting than others because of how they are told. True or otherwise.
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