In the past I have talked about writing your own story, and
not letting other write your story without your consent, but I haven’t talked
to you about a fun way to do that. I am
finding that I love to write and tell stories, I should have known, but I guess
I never took the time to really discover that I liked it. One of the ways I like to write stories is by
people watching. It is one of my
favorite past times, and it is also something that I my family likes to
do. Honest- the girls in my family went
on a cruise and developed a whole back story for a family that we saw there;
including fake names, majors in college, jobs and hobbies. It was so much fun and the best part was that
we saw this family EVERY where we went. If we were at the pool they were
there. They went to the same places for
dinner and shows at the same time; we were even on the same little boat to get
off at one of the destinations. I know
that a cruise ship isn’t that big, but we saw these guys everywhere.
Our ability to write stories gave us a really fun story to
tell people when we got home, and it is something that still comes up on a
regular basis. When writing your own
story you may need to practice writing what a story should be like? Is it a happy story or a sad story; your
story should be happy but we all have obstacles to overcome that may be sad so
you have to be comfortable writing the sad parts as well. Writing your story is something that will be
continuous, and you can change it as many times as you like, you just have to
keep writing it. Just like in all other aspects of your life practice makes
perfect; so I challenge you to go and write a story.
I am not talking about sitting down with a pen and paper and
starting with “once upon a time;” though most of my stories start that way. Go
someplace where you can see a bunch of people, preferably a place where you don’t
know anyone; and start writing a story for them. Here are some examples of the stories I am
writing just by looking at the people around me – again, just stories.
- A woman just walked in who looks like she is in her late thirties, she just got done at the gym and is grabbing some food before she has to pick her kids up. She is a loving mother and had a fun filled afternoon ready for the kids. They are going to go to the zoo and then make homemade pizza with faces on them for dinner!
- There is a teenage couple sitting two booths from me, they are adorable and sharing food off of each other’s plate. They were hugging when they first came in because they don’t get to see each other very often, so today is a special day. They are going to spend all day together and do something ridiculous like finger paint with her little sister, or get into a food fight.
- A little girl in a pink pea coat is being carried by her dad. She has a cast on her leg because she recently broke it because she was in her princess gown and trying to ride her dog, needless to say it didn't go well. Her has is white and will soon be cover in awesome designs as her mom is an artist and is going to decorate the cast for her daughter.
I have no idea if any other these things are true, but you
can learn a lot about yourself by the stories that you create for others. From the first story you can probably gather
that I want to be a mom and do all the fun things that you can do with kids,
but if you do them by yourself it’s a little odd. The second story is about young love,
something all people want- even if they aren’t young. The third story is just about a cute family
and a little girl in pink, how could you not write about a little girl in a
pink pea coat!
I encourage you to try this experiment and see what the
themes in your stories are? You may find
out things about yourself that you didn’t even know. You may also find that there are something
that you didn’t know you wanted, or themes in your life that you haven’t finished
dealing with. Writing stories is all
about how you see the world, and the power you give yourself to write you own
story. Practice your stories and make
the reality- live happily ever after.
You have it all & Confidence,
Lyndsay
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