The fairy godmother replied that true magic is to help each thing become its best and most free self.*
Rebecca Solnit

We have become a generation of unstorytellers, which is a reason we’re a generation of malcontents.**
Bruce Feiler

The text don’t do it,
The social media post can’t hack it,
The ancients would tell their stories
around family and villages hearths –
Of course, I’m romanticising the past
somewhat, but if you were asked to
tell your story, where would you begin,
Which challenges would you include,
Deepest pain, greatest joy,
Triumphs, hopes?

Why not try writing it down –
Not in some epic- or saga-like way,
But a few lines each day, as you prepare for
what the day will hold.

We shape ourselves as we write.^

*Rebecca Solnit’s Cinderella Liberator;
**Bruce Feiler’s Life Is In the Transitions;
^Ross MacDonald, from Peter Turchi’s A Muse and A Maze.