STORY TIME
There seems to come a time within everyone's life, in which there is a story that wants to be let out. This story may not have a beginning that is known to be the beginning of the story. This story may not appear to have an ending in which the story will end. There is that one time, that one very interesting moment, in which that story really wants to be let out. There are many different signs and indications that there is a story to be told, but the greatest sign is when the words of the story just seem to flow out of your mouth or your hands and the words wind together upon the paper or whisper to the ears from your mouth. That is the moment that the story begins and from there it is a matter of simply allowing it to come out.
Many individuals try to block that story from coming out from inside themselves. They create such busy and industrious lives, that the words do not have an opportunity to unfold. They create such limited avenues of expression in self expression by their beliefs, that the words for the story can not begin to move past the barriers within the beliefs. They create moments of silence in which they do not even allow the silence in which the words are held, to pass into their hearts and minds. Perhaps these are the individuals that are afraid that once the story within them is told and comes into existence; that they will find that there is no truth in that story for them any longer. Perhaps it is fear that keeps the story hidden within them, creating a rising push that will spill out into the life experience in many different destructive ways. Perhaps that rising push creates the harried destructive lifestyles that we so commonly see today. Perhaps that burying of the story that is within each individual is what creates the imbalance within individuals and within society and within life experience that creates such an imbalance within the earth today.
It is an interesting concept to think that every individual that has life, has a story within them that is to be
told. That within each individual that you may meet, is a story that has begun to unfold as well as ended in one sense. That story is lurking about within them waiting to be told, has begun to form and yet ended as it is unable to find an avenue in which to express itself. That story may be only two sentences long and yet express an entire library of meaning -
or that story may be many pages in length and carry you through endless emotions. That story may be held within your hand - or that story may be so large that it can not be contained upon your person. That story may be pushing and pushing to be told, or it may be waiting deep within the person for a specific time and place.
Pieces of that story may evolve now and again, or pieces of that story may build, waiting for one single moment. That story may be continuing to grow as the person continues to grow and expand through life, or that story may wait silently and patiently until there is an opportunity in which it may flow in one continuous moment.
Isn't is quite an interesting view to look upon and see each individual that you may meet, as having a story to be
told. Perhaps that one single way of viewing individuals that you may meet, may help you to grow to understand the uniqueness of each individual. You may grow to understand that each individual that you meet, is worthwhile and worth listening to - in that you may learn of the story that lies within them, or even be a catalyst for that story to come out into the life and world of that person. You may grow to have patience for individuals that have a story to be told, and in that have patience with yourself and allow yourself the freedom of telling the story that lies within you. You may grow to have respect for other individuals because you now see that they have a story within them that is waiting to be told - in that you may grow to respect yourself and the story that is within you.
There comes a time in every individual's life in which there is a story that must be told. When you have begun to tell your story, have patience with yourself. When you have finished telling your story, have respect for yourself. When you realize that your story does have a greater truth than you even realized; understand that the story was the catalyst for your understanding. When you realize that your story does not have a grain of truth in it for yourself now that it has been told; understand that you have created a space for a deeper truth to be your next story.
If the time has come upon you to tell your story, and you do not feel prepared to let the story unfold from within you; have patience and kindness for yourself. If you are afraid that once your story has been told and that emptiness that is left will not be filled with another story; have the grace to love yourself into another story.
Each individual that is met has a story to be told. Each individual in one way or another will tell that story within a lifetime; it may be written, spoken, expressed through living, or expressed through colors and form. Each individual has a story within them that deserves the respect and honor of another individual in order for that story to unfold and be told.
So when you meet another individual - listen well with your heart and your ears - you may hear the melody of a story that is unfolding at that very moment. If you have listened with your heart and your ears - know that when your time to tell your story comes to be, that there will be an individual listening with their heart and their ears to hear the melody of your story.
I hope that you enjoyed this story!
Peace
© I. Forgie 1992