The stories people tell...
“The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And, learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other's memory. This is how people care for themselves.”
These lines from the storybook, Crow and Weasel, by Barry Lopez have haunted me for many years now. As an interculturalist, consultant and trainer I have found that theory is enlightening, but stories are memorable. Stories shape us. Stories care for us. As Elie Wiesel once recorded, echoing a hassidic tale, "God created people because God loves stories!"
With this in mind, I have opened this new blog at http://interculturalmemories.blogspot.com/. This is your invitation to share stories, stories about how you learned to be who you are in the cultures you live in, stories we tell to learn from and sometimes just laugh at in our experiences with others who are both like and unlike ourselves.
This is a space for first-hand experiences that we are willing to share, quote and be quoted. No jokes or old chestnuts, please. Not a place for argument, theory, analysis and other kinds of resource sharing—we do that at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/interculturalinsights/. This is just a place to enjoy and learn from each others’ stories. Write in whatever language you like. I have put a couple of my own stories in place to shill the game and will continue as they occur to me.
Please join me in taking care of each other by telling stories...
Labels: culture, intercultural, stories, storytelling, training
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