53 Moments With Fables: Stories for Commuter Comfort: 2

Were a story-telling lot us humans.Sometimes its an earnest actor in a white lab-coat or a black suit trying to convince us that his toxic fluoride toothpaste is good for our health or that his partys million-dollar spend on weapons is for peace. And they do it with such a straight face!Sometimes the storys presented with a chuckle and we know another fiction is on the way: did you hear the one about ...And sometimes just sometimes theres a story parading as nought but itself - a clear fiction - and youre in it. The real non-fictional you. Thats why the authentically fictional stories - fables proverbs legends - outlast us all and are told down the centuries ... were in them; parading our best and worst our most silly and most sublime. The universality of stories is the unity of humans. Were all strangely uniquely alike and we can all see - if we so choose - our reality in the unreality we closet ourselves with round the fireside in schools churches and pubs and in our quiet solo moments.Stories are the comforters we carry in our hearts and minds and our own particular stories are the way we initiate and create friendships and relationships.These stories my friend are my offering of friendship and may they provide balance smiles tears and insight when no other exist for you.