A Good Story

Once upon a time….

 Once upon a time meant, “a long time ago” as in the beginning of a story.It has been used in some form in storytelling in English since at least 1380.

Do these words set in motion anything for you?They do for me.My mind says that it is going to be a good story and there will be action and adventure.Just by a few words.

I was talking with a friend...

Recently I was talking with a friend about a conflict they were having with a close friend of theirs.They went into great detail about the conflict and in the end they didn’t know what to do.

It occurred to me to ask them what they envisioned of what had happened and what they had hoped would have happened?I realized that they had a picture in their mind.They didn’t know how to push through.It had stopped them.

Right after...

Right after my friend was telling me about this, my husband and I were going out of town.I had to do some things before we were able to go.We also had communicated with the people we were going to visit that we would get to them by a certain time.I don’t think I have to explain any further, my husband had envisioned a picture of how things were going to go and so did I.After we got on the road we were able to talk about it.We both had a picture and we thought that things were going to go according to that picture. 

Even now when I read or hear the words, “Once upon a time”, my mind says, this is going to be a good story!There are a lot of things that can trigger my mind as well.I think this happens to a lot of people, my friend, my husband and myself are just a few.What’s the solution?Is it wrong to have envisioned a picture in my head?By having the conversation helped us to discover what was important to us and to get to know each other even more.

What's your story...

How about you, do you have any good stories that have happened by envisioning a picture that was different than someone else in your life?What did you discover?