Our Story

"Everything's a story - You are a story -I am a story."
- Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess

The real question is what will happen in your story. How will it turn out? I think many of us would like our life stories to be like that of a television show: a daring adventure neatly wrapped up in about 30 minutes. I think, however, that this ideal may be the actual farthest thing from reality. Whether we know it or not, in the course of our life we will play almost the entire cast of characters: the hero, the sidekick, the villain, the damsel (or gentleman) in distress, and the bystander. I know I have been all of these at one time or another. What makes a good story? Variety, for one. Yet as many teachers will tell you, one of the most important parts of a story is the conflict. Why? Because that's life. It makes a good story because our own stories aren't tidily pre-packaged. So maybe we shouldn't worry so much about how amazing our life should be, but instead think about the fact that the more problems we have, the more interesting our story will be.