# Chapter 86

The untold stories within us. Everyone has them. If you don’t believe me then you haven’t sat and listened to anyone talk in a long time. People have so many many stories that they haven’t yet shared with anyone. And yes there are those people who share every thought that comes into their brain with no filters, over and over it seems, and those aren’t the people that I am talking about. I am talking about people like you and me, who have many stories inside that they aren’t sharing with anyone.

Perhaps the story seems too frivolous or childish and we don’t want to appear foolish. Perhaps the story is frightening or painful and we don’t want others to think us weak or afraid. But honestly I think about 90% of the time, there is just no one right person to share it with, or no one at all to listen to our stories. There is no one nearby who is ready and available to listen.

We had guests stay overnight last night and then they stay on until 1300 hours this afternoon. They had so many stories to tell and clearly no one to listen to them for a long while. They were erupting with multiple stories at every level. The time passed quickly because they were good story tellers and we were practicing our listening skills. That is a good combo if you can arrange it. But more than an evening and a morning is necessary if you want to get to the deeper stories and hear what is really going on inside their heads. And in the end you may find others have stories very much like your own!