Truth and Parable

“Truth, naked and cold, had been turned away from every door in the village.  Her nakedness frightened the people.  When Parable found her she was huddled in a corner, shivering and hungry.   Taking pity on her, Parable gathered her up and too her home.  There, she dressed Truth in story, warmed her and sent her out again.  Clothed in story, Truth knocked again at the villager’s doors and was readily welcomed into the people’s houses.  They invited her to eat at their table and warm herself by their fire.”

– Jewish Teaching Story

Published in: on March 6, 2007 at 11:50 am  Leave a Comment  

What’s Interesting

“Playing it safe isn’t interesting.

Being superficial isn’t interesting.

Authenticity is interesting.

Passion is interesting.

Authentic human tragedy and comedy are interesting.”

 – Annette Simmons, The Story Factor

bottom line:

LIVE AN INTERESTING LIFE.

Published in: on February 5, 2007 at 12:56 pm  Leave a Comment  

Hopes and Dreams

“It is a powerful event when we reclaim our hopes and dreams.  Many of us have lost hope.  We need to find it again.  We can’t influence others without it.

Cynicism and apathy are simply defenses against hope.  People are afraid to hope.  It opens us up to disappointment again.  Hope demands action.  You cannot feel hope and remain idle.  Hope demands that you release your comfortable theories about your own limitations and the limitations you perceive in your environment. ”

– Annette Simmons, The Story Factor p.217

Published in: on January 28, 2007 at 12:27 am  Leave a Comment