How do you view the stories in your life? Are they something that you reflect back on from your current stand point in life, something akin to souvenirs from your journey? Or do you see yourself as an active participant in the unfolding of your tales?
I loved the way that this presentation by Paul Isakson examines the intersection of story and purpose {found via Oh Hi Shop}. It really got me thinking about the way I relate to the stories I tell, and encouraged me to take more authorship over where and how I want to lead my stories, and my life. When reflecting upon the major stories running through me--the circumstances and emotions occupying much of my brain space and conversation with other people--I wasn't 100% pleased with some of the more frequently spun tales. Confusion and insecurity seem to take much more precedence over confidence and authenticity, and comfort over challenges. But these aren't stories with neat and tidy endings. I am "in it" right now and have every bit of power to shape their direction and evolution.
I have many more thoughts emerging on this topic that might pop up in future posts, but for now, I just had to share these slides. Do take a few minutes to read through them. {If you're on Google Reader, you might need to click through to my post to view the slides}.
What are the five most significant stories running in your life? Do any of them surprise you?
I LOVED this! Thank you so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely something for me to keep in mind since I am moving out of my traveling phase and into my job searching phase: acting like I am actually unemployed instead of traveling around pretending I'm not.
The beginning part about plans really stuck out to me too because this is an interview question that is often asked, and I never have an answer to. I think long terms plans are too stressful, how can we ever know what is going to happen? I want to memorize what this says so I can repeat it if I'm ever asked again because it's exactly how I feel :)
This is really cool and interesting. I've never really thought about life that way before! It's true that there are definitely multiple lines of story running through our lives.
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