What’s your story?
We all have stories. They’re the inner thought tracks of our lives. The challenge is they’re not always true, and sometimes, even if they are true, repeating them doesn’t always bring out the best in us.
For instance, you probably know a divorced person who is still eager to tell you the story about how awful an ex-spouse was.
The divorce may have happened a decade ago, but once they start telling you the story, they’re transported right back to all that pain and hurt.
One minute they’re a nice, normal person talking to you about the upcoming staff meeting. The next minute their face is contorting in anger and frustration as they recount the long list of ills perpetrated by the awful one.