Creating the narrative of our own lives is for ourselves. It’s clear the narrative is not only for others. Julia Tausch wrote, and I’ve been thinking about it all week, “it’s deeply satisfying and, like, healing to me to create a coherent narrative out of disparate, confusing things.” It’s important to believe our own real stories. And what we would do for others, we should do for ourselves also. She needs people to believe in her reality. Tinkerbell from Peter Pan is another character who depends on storytelling to exist. 'Sometimes,' said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.' “Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. Certain stories resonate strongly with many people, I think because they remind us of our own realness.įrom The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco: In fiction, sometimes stories become personified, characters in their own right.
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