The reckoning is how we walk into our story; the rumble is where we own it. The goal of the rumble is to get honest about the stories we're making up about our struggles, to revisit, challenge, and reality-check these narratives. ―Brené Brown, Rising Strong Image: Ethiopian Fisherman's Struggle © Mat Rumi with CCLicense
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Quote for Today: Bruce Feiler
The bottom line: if you want a happier family, create, refine and retell the story of your family's positive moments and your ability to bounce back from the difficult ones. That act alone may increase the odds that your family will thrive for many generations to come. --Bruce Feiler, "The Stories that Bind Us", New … Continue reading Quote for Today: Bruce Feiler
Quote for Today: Anton Chekhov
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ―Anton Chekhov Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: Erin Morgenstern
“It is important,” the man in the grey suit interrupts. “Someone needs to tell those tales. When the battles are fought and won and lost, when the pirates find their treasures and the dragons eat their foes for breakfast with a nice cup of Lapsang souchong, someone needs to tell their bits of overlapping narrative. … Continue reading Quote for Today: Erin Morgenstern
Quote for Today: S.J. Watson
We’re constantly changing facts, rewriting history to make things easier, to make them fit in with our preferred version of events. We do it automatically. We invent memories. Without thinking. If we tell ourselves something happened often enough we start to believe it, and then we can actually remember it. ―S.J. Watson, Before I Go … Continue reading Quote for Today: S.J. Watson
Quote for Today: Michael Ben Zehabe
Your partner may have injuries that you can't repair. Your partner may be trapped in a dark room without windows. Your life narrative might bring him more relief than an opiate. Some people make better windows than windows. Your kind words and enlightened perspective is a window of wonders to someone living in pain. ―Michael … Continue reading Quote for Today: Michael Ben Zehabe
Quote for Today: John Updike
A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens. --John Updike
