What’s your story?
A wonderful one-act musical called Once On This Island opens with a group of Caribbean islanders comforting a child in a storm by telling the story of a very similar little girl caught up in a storm who eventually proves that love is stronger than fear of death. It ends with the girl beginning her own rendition of the story, as the villagers affirm that stories “help your heart remember and re-live; It will help you feel the anger and the sorrow… and forgive.”
I’ll let others expand on the science behind storytelling and the brain. It’s a powerful tool for expressing emotions and tapping into empathy.
Photo: Hawai’i Sunset. As the family attended a luau (watered down for haole tourists of course) the sinking sun lured me to the beach. Yes, Hawaii isn’t the Antilles (where Once On This Island takes place) it’s just poetic license. Aloha.
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