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This is free words online words_flash flash games. Download online game for free use Read Laura`sessays "Thinking Like a Storyteller" THE RIGHT STORY AT THE RIGHT MOMENT: I had a phone call from a psychiatrist in Milwaukee who has been using the book STORIES TO NOURISH THE HEARS OF OUR CHILDREN IN A TIME OF CRISIS with her clients, and with children in a hospital. She took the book with her on vacation to Tuscany, Italy. The psychiatrist had made the journey with a friend from Israel who needed rest from the severe stress of unceasing violence that plagued her in Jerusalem. They decided to read one story each night before going to bed. She told me that in a small village in a farmhouse that they had come upon accidentally while driving down narrow roads, a farmer served wine and talked, while his wife cooked dinner. The couple made their living from offering meals and beds to travelers. The farmer said he wanted to practice his English. So they gave him the book to choose one tale and read a story aloud. The farmer picked “How the Site of Jerusalem Was Chosen.” Falteringly, but earnestly he read the story. When he finished, he put his head down on the table and sobbed. They were deeply touched by the farmer’s tears. But feared they had caused him pain. His wife, who knew English and was listening, said, “Please do not worry. These are tears of joy. It is my husband’s own true story. He is the poor brother in the tale. It is how we have come to have this house. I can not tell you how helpful it is to hear this story.” They left the book as a gift. The farmer said it was the best gift he could have received and was going to share it with his brother’s family. How do we know which story to tell and when to tell it? It is the secret of all storytellers, because there is no single answer or formula for success. Yet, the greater the teller of tales the more easily and surprisingly the appropriate story comes to mind, or is chosen without plan. It is the role of the storyteller to cultivate an open heart in order to respond in a situation beneath logic’s façade. The preparation of the storyteller is to become familiar with the authentic meaning of story that is not always evident in the content alone. The meaning that arises in the reciprocal experience of bringing a tale to life that occurs on the invisible stages between teller and listener as the story unfolds. The meaning that is the story as conjured by the dynamic imagination of each listener’s own making. How do we learn to trust that moment and its inconceivable and invisible message? How do we cultivate our awareness in order to rest our mind, breathe, and make a choice with playful confidence? Years of study, and telling stories and listening to the stories that reveal to us our own stories, prizes us with this knowing. One of the gifts of the days following September 11th was a clearing away of unnecessary distractions. So many people responded directly from the intelligence of their heart’s knowing, with whatever means they had, in order to help another. The place of tenderness within is always present and available. And that is the place to seek and nurture in our lives. Resting in that knowing we can listen to one another and appreciate our differences and commonality. Words articles and games
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