I read this online today from a prominent news organization, and I was immediately drawn to the question. I couldn't stop thinking about it all day because the question wasn't what events are you following today, or even what's happening that interests you today... the question was "What stories are you following today?"
This question is powerful because it speaks strongly to what captivates us, and that is good storytelling. A well crafted story can inspire us, call us to action, make us feel things that we didn't know were there in our hearts.
Good stories follow single protagonists from an inciting incident, past barriers that he or she overcomes (or doesn't) to the climactic moment of triumph or defeat. And when we find stories that move us, we never forget them. The power of storytelling has been discovered by fundraisers, salespeople, politicians... a real estate agent once said to me, "every home has its own story."
I learned from a well known speaker many years ago that we would do well to recall that in the book Peter Pan, the lost boys explain to Wendy that they never grew up because they didn't know any stories. So for today, I'm going to to think about this one thing, "What stories am I following today?" How about you?
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