Story is the mother of us all, for we become who we say we are.

This unceasing interplay between experience and narrative is a uniquely human attribute. We are the storytellers, the ones who put life into words.

Every person is born into life as a blank page and every person leaves life as a full book.

History is what scholars and conquerors say happened; story is what it was like to live on the ground.

With compassion, we see benevolently our own human condition and the condition of our fellow beings. We drop prejudice. We withhold judgment.

Words are how we think; stories are how we link.

Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.