But even the greatest story known to man still required at least two people to experience its transformation. Telling a story without an audience is like shouting into the wind. So how do we prepare ourselves to choose and then ingest positive stories that bring value into our lives?
I think, like most things in life, that sometimes we tend to make things more complicated than they have to be. For instance, have you ever observed a skilled storyteller captivating a room of young children with his or her words? I loved to watch the face of my daughter as she was being transported to another place, perhaps even another time, through the power of story. Of course there is skill involved, even for the young children listening in the example above. But mostly the choice to immerse oneself into an experience is a natural response, a bent that we all possess. We gravitate toward social interaction, (well, most of us) the sharing of information, and since the beginning of time have been fascinated by the dynamics that such interaction brings into our lives.
