Value in Stories

Each story told has value.

I never really understood the value in stories until I noticed myself telling other people's stories. Then, from that day forward, I began hearing other individuals' stories everywhere. One of my friends, and hopefully co-author of this blog, once said that even talking about something invaluable is valuable if you share it with someone else! The truth is storytelling has been around since the age of man and has not stopped being a topic of wide interest and growth to the present day (e.g. the book Made to Stick).

Today people tell their own stories every day. They post their Status on Facebook, Away Messages on AIM, and blogs like these help them tell a story about their own lives. The next level is to add value through your stories to someone else life. Give people a reason to talk to you and listen. Give them a structured, or not-so-structured, environment that they can learn or create ideas in!

In this blog, I will start or tell a short story and give some sort of "value" to it. Please, I will never throw out anyone's comments as long as they are not racist or sexist, find something in the stories and relate, bash, love, expand upon... do whatever you have to do to them to add more value! The more feedback you give, the more you care and others will understand you and themselves. Just remember, this is the web, and no one is going to read lines and lines of story (unless you get creative). So go ahead, expand your life.

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