We all love telling stories. We all do it, all the time: over a drink, on the phone, chatting online - capturing the essence of the day's events, while constantly processing this information, picking out edited highlights, the most dramatic incidents, the funniest moments: embellishing, exaggerating for effect, reliving the experience.
Some of these stories may be of the moment and quickly forgotten. Others may stay with us, worthy of recounting, hearing, writing, reading, remembering, re-telling and passing on like Chinese whispers, gradually evolving in the telling.
When we tell a story to someone we take them on a journey and they travel with us through that shared experience. The way to tell a good story is to start with a grain of truth, build it layer upon layer and finally polish it into a little pearl of wisdom. We all love telling stories.
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