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When you share a story, you build a bridge.” — Unknown In a circle, everyone holds the center for a while.  Political activist Gloria Steinem said that  “A circle is the oldest form of democracy.”  Being in a story circle  is not about performance, but presence. Some tellers say that you do not choose the story, the story chooses you.  The story you tell today may be the story someone else needed to hear. Something to think about... Who would you invite into your story circle today? What story would you tell? Leave a comment  below:

  “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” — G.K. Chesterton “Myth is the public dream, and dream is the private myth.” — Joseph Campbell Thoughts: Folk tales are survival kits disguised as entertainment. The old stories are not old — they are timeless. We turn to fairy tales not to escape reality, but to understand it. A Question for you:  What story did you love as a child that still holds meaning today?

“I am my mother’s daughter, and the drums of her heart are within me.” — Rupi Kaur  “The stories we tell literally make the world. If you want to change the world, you need to change your story.” — Michael Margolis In every culture, women have carried stories at the hearth, the bedside, the kitchen table. Women’s stories often survive in whispers before they become public truths. When a woman tells her story, she claims her power. A  Question for you: What’s a story you inherited from a woman in your family? If you want to, you can share it in the comments.

What others have said: “Listening is an act of love.                                                                                                                                                                  Dave Isay “To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.”                                                                                  ...