The guys were talking about God. What else do you talk about at 1 a.m. after a few good drinks and a delicious meal? Joel was telling our buddy about native American animal medicine and how he practices it as a mindfulness meditation. The both marveled at the connectedness of all things in the world. How thin the spiritual lines are drawn between all belief systems and the stories they share.
Our buddy is a musician and visual artist. He has studied art for most of his life in all of its variety and forms. He suggested that people who appreciate a beautiful painting or a song, love it and connect to it because of the story that it tells. I have never attributed my admiration for certain visual arts to the story that I recognized, but once it was said, I knew it was true. In fact, all of the pieces of art that I love or songs that I keep on my playlist tell a story that means something to me.


Could everything we work towards and contribute to, do or believe come down to a story? I think it all can.
Think about the stories you tell. What do the stories you keep say about who you are? What do the stories you tell say about who you want to be?