Monday, October 20, 2008

Storytelling

Throughout the Earth's history, humankind began handing down stories verbally before we had the capability of writing and copying. We have ancient stories told to us in the Bible, yet within these pages we must decipher truth from fiction, myth from reality.

Our storytelling has evolved through the ages in many forms. From the cave drawings to the written word; from the handwritten manuscripts to the printing press we speak out.

History illustrates the way we tell stories continues to evolve daily. In the 21st Century, research proves that our stories, the human predicament may either preserve history or misshape it. Today, we use many methods of determining the origins of ancient stories to unravel the mysteries of ancient cultures, how people lived and survived and what they did to alter the course of human development. Undeniably, the laws of the universe which govern our planet first and foremost have had greater impact on the ways we live. From collisions of celestial bodies from outer space to Earth's weather systems.

Today, we have a means of writing down our thoughts and experiences through blogging. We may interact with total strangers or simply send our words into cyberspace, without a clue how they may affect it's readers.

Still, by a variety of formats, we will tell our stories for future generations to decipher how we lived and died and how we treated each other while we were here.

May we be thoughtful and careful in considering our current actions about anything. More important, may we write authenticly and honestly about our history.

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