Life isn't an open book. It is always a mystery.It's in stories only what's not expected happens in life too what isn't expected happens.One cannot share whatever that happens in their life with others. One can share only certain matters with others in their life. There is always one or another reason or reasons for anything that is shared or concealed or untold. Mostly,it is attitude of an individual that decides what is to be shared with others and what should not be shared with others. Besides, other factors also play a role in this respect. Some do not want to share their sufferings with others. Some do not want to share their successes with others. Some do not want to share their failures and so on. Sometimes one may think that there is anything worthwhile to be shared at all. Generally,that which is unsavoury and anything that brings disrepute is not shared with others at all. Thus, due to these various reasons all that takes place in this universe does not come to light at all. Only certain matters come to light in this universe as stories. Stories are defined numerous ways. Stories are never-ending journeys, hidden talents or suppressed memories, all waiting to be told.Many opine "Life is life. The story is story ". The story is made out of life. It has got elements of life only. It is like saying " Not son in law, but daughters's husband".
Real stories have no exaggeration whatsoever. They are what happened only. They contain real incidents of life.They are not imaginative. Some of them appear in newspaper & magazines. Some of them are heard & forgotten. Many of them are the untold stories. The man comes across more stories in life than he reads in books.They are tragedies , comedies, love stories & what not. Life stories are individually oriented. Circumstances in life give them twists & turns.They rouse all types of emotions in whomsoever who comes across them. They are said to be authored by Him.They give a real picture of the world around us. They are a variety of stories. Individuals do not want any publicly to their stories.More we read or hear stories we are not fed up. We want to read or listen them more. They enlighten a us.
All experience one can't have. We know what the world is through many of these stories. It's true what is learnt beyond the four walls of the school is more valuable than what was learnt between four walls of the school.Life lessons are practical lessons.An incident that one comes across in life other may or may not come across in life at all. Twins may look alike in appearance.Their lives aren't alike.Yet the lesson of particular incident would be helpful.It remains as a guideline. Stories don't dictate anything on anybody. One can choose good from them & leave whatever bad if at all they have. It is left to individuals how best they can make use of stories. What couldn't be communicated personally can be communicated via stories. Views, criticise anything can find their way subtly through stories.
As long as the universe is there, stories are going to be there.Stories after stories flow.One after another story takes birth. There may be a dearth of anything but not of the stories.Muriel Rukeyser says 'The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.' Stories are treasure of experiences.They aren't mere recreational or time pass.They are more a study.They answer many questions. They raise many queries.They make a man wiser.There is more to learn from others in life.How would one know others difficulties.How one would become humane. How the relationship between man & man would grow. One of the media for them is stories. Stories act as antidotes too. They do not allow man to commit mistakes that others commit.The man is supposed to be one who has more common sense. Man senses that there is likelihood what happens to others happening to him also.Stories make one think. It has happened to him what would happen to me. They make a man worry about his fate.
Stories are for all ages. They can be written, they can be oral. Storytelling is an art.Stories can be in the form of poems, or drama too. They spread in the form of rumours, & gossips too.In whatever form stories are they are enchanting. What are epics Ramayana, Mahabharata,Odyssey & Iliad ? Are they not full of stories ? What is right what is wrong do they not teach us ?
Good stories are evergreen. They never become old. They are never forgotten.They pass on from generation to generation. Their value appreciates only never depreciates. So are their creators. Shakespeare,Wordsworth, Blake,Milton ,or Kalidasa is ever remembered.
Stories kindle interest in a man. They keep his mind busy & engaged. As a result, there would be no room for negative thoughts whatsoever.There are no bounds to a variety of stories. There are how many stories within one's life. There are stories within stories . There are stories to suit all ills. Comparison of stories is one of the ways of reconciling or extricating oneself from troubles.The stories aren't only of human beings, but also they are animals & birds too. They are worthy of noting & following too.
Only heroes aren't born in the world.Heroes born in it aren't alike too.It is not heroes are only remembered in the world.It isn't Gandhiji, Lincoln,& Kennedy are only remembered, Hitler,Saddam, & Mussolini are remembered too. Ravana was knowledgeable & learned. Duryodhana had great qualities. Man is remembered not only for his deeds but also for his qualities .
Variety is the spice of life. All stories are not alike. Without problems there is no life at all. Stories run on different topics. Topics are tackled in different ways in them. Stories are how life problems are met. Often stories provide answers to our life problems. Stories are successes & failures .
A story that begins always ends.Seldom it remains incomplete.How long it is how it ends it isn't in one's hands . Everyone's goal & endeavour is to make their story beautiful.Everyone tries to give their story twists & turns. No one spares any pains in this regard at all. Every story is man proposes & God disposes.Man is what his story tells either not more or less, but what he is.