Thank you for posting the touching video, Sandee. This is perfect for February's topic of compassion. In fact I believe we make reference to "stories" in one of our blasts in the next two weeks. Knowing that everyone has a story can elicit compassion in us. We soften to the humanity we all share. The veils of separation dissolve.
This is very different from Baron Baptiste's suggestion to drop your stories and the stories you make up about others. These "stories" are related to the habitual way(s) we view ourselves and other. It's the patterns of ego that keep us separate from our essential self and from seeing others without distortion. If I have a particular view of myself and others, I've made up my mind, I'm closed to possibility. Our stories are self-imposed limits from this point of view and we use our stories to stay stuck. It's the opposite of Beginner's Mind.
Elena
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Thanks Elena!
Very interesting information on "stories." It seems to be about openness--some stories, like in the video, are experience based. But, other stories, may be typecast. Keeping an open mind, allows us to be open to possibilities.
“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”
~Maya Angelou
Best
Sandee
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