The Stories We Rarely Tell

We are the sum total of our histories. When we tell the stories of our lives we tend to select them carefully. We select the ones that we think other people will find interesting. We select the ones that have meaning to us. We select the ones that are poignant or amusing or enlightening.

But we have other stories too. These are the stories we rarely tell. These are the ordinary stories. These are the secret stories. These are the subtle and simple stories. In many ways these stories, the untold stories of our lives, are our best stories. It doesn't matter whether we ever tell them. We know them. We know their significance. We know the place they hold in our lives, the quiet places, the secret places, the simple places.