Your Story Matters

ON STORY TELLING, LIFE AND LIVING

Why do we tell stories

As kids, we love listening to stories. We would ask our parents to tell us their adventures (or misadventures). To our friends, we would make up stories drawn entirely from our imaginations and fantasies. And that usually gives us a thrill, until life happened. What used to be an adventure in our own made-up kingdoms became a daily struggle of paying bills, responsibilities and making ends meet. The childlike wonder was drowned by the realities of adult life.

When was the last time you looked at a person you come across the street and wonder what amazing story they could be waiting to tell?

In this time of pandemic when life is full of uncertainties, try to listen to other stories and you might find a chance of validating your story in the process. Questions, worries, and confusions might be the factors that cause us to isolate ourselves from other people.

The blog features stories from random people who are often seen in public places in General Santos City. We chose this type of content to give an outlet to people’s stories that are seldom heard and seen.

This blog aims to highlight snippets from the life of normal people as they go about their day. Hopefully, the featured stories can help you look at life a little differently, shift your perspective, see the people we meet as a story, lesson, and adventure waiting to unfold.

Everyone has a story to tell. The grand or the mundane: from stories of HOPE, PERSEVERANCE, and COPING UP, every story is worthy to be heard.

Every experience is a lesson to be learned.

The question is, are you willing to listen?