The Art Of Story Telling

Dear One,

Stories are a gift to humankind. They are outpourings of a creative mind. Don't you remember the days of yore, when you begged for a bed time story from your grand parents. You would pursue them relentlessly to tell a story you have listened to a thousand times. You sat on their frail yet comfortable lap and listen intently to their wonderful words. Your eyes would open wide in anticipation and your mind would soar high in imagination. They were the best story tellers. Weren't they?

Those were the days of simplicity and beauty; where the stories were of brave Kings and Queens ready to fight for a righteous cause. Your little eyes would cringe in pain when your hero suffered and it would dance in joy when they won. You became a part of the story and you started living it in your own childish ways. You travelled to far away places with your imagination as the fellow guide. You were introduced to a whole new world of sights and sounds making it a magical experience. Isn't it?

And then you grew up.

You got more interested in facts than in fiction. Your mind was not to be appeased by the tales of the  mythical legends. You rebuffed them as a figment of some insane mind. Your mind had turned impervious to the pleasures of vivid imagination. You now try to find a strain of logic in these simple stories, rather than simply enjoying them. You now live a life of factual reality. Your children ask for a story and you put them off to sleep to avoid a tacky situation. You try to recollect the stories you listened to as a child, but your memory fails and ultimately you fall asleep.

Stories and story telling are a fine art. It is a gateway to another dimension. It frees your soul of all the fetters and makes it fly like a bird. It takes you to unknown lands, only to grant you a perfect homely experience. Stories are the voices from the past. It speaks to you in it's ageless tongue. It teaches you to communicate with the fairies and angels of the past, making them a part of your own world.

What are you waiting for? Regain the timeless pleasures of your childhood exploits by rediscovering the stories that you once cherished.Go back to where it all began and it will surely bring in lots of fond memories to re-live.

By the way, why not make your life a story worth telling? Think about it.

Peace in oneself. Peace in the world.