The Magic Of Story

The wisdom of the past handed down to us about magic was done in the form or fairy tales or folk lore. Now days we might mistakenly believe that the purpose of such tales is for entertainment. Story by its very nature is much more than entertainment. But in order for us to understand the message it is well that it does entertain. Story is more than just a collection of events or facts. It is a telling of a problem, need or desire that needs to be solved or met. Then the person or people involved with that problem has to solve it. This is not done easily. There has to be some creativity and struggle involved. When the solution is reached life is better. It is not a story to say, "I was low on milk so I went to the store and bought some". The basic change in that narrative is the amount of milk before and after. But in a story there is change of circumstance and personality. If you realize that you need to go on a hero's quest and become the hero of your own life it will be easier if you can frame it in the shape of a story. A story has a beginning (a situation that needs to be changed) a middle (attempts to make the change with harder and harder obstacles cropping up) and then the hero or group manages to make the needed changes and the story comes to a satisfying end. To tell your own story do more than look at the need for change. Look at the reasons why the uncomfortable situation developed, the things that make change difficult. Also look for the ways help comes from outside. That is from the magic that surrounds you. Happy stories are ones where there is greater love and or satisfaction when the needed struggles have been undergone. Try to write a happy story for your self. Love and appreciate yourself for being willing to undertake the needed struggle. Become your own hero. May the spark be with you.