Storytelling - a tradition to be revived by mind as a narrative

World over for generations, storytelling has been advocated which passes on legacy of history. The positive energy power of the human voice of the forefathers inspired values of human life through stories which had immense effect to hold on to the beauty of a cultural regime. When it comes to carving out a beautiful human mind, it needs exposure beyond science and technology which keeps living conditions in progressive state.

When the sense of communication started amidst our ancestors, they were inspired to share stories. Epics projected larger than life stories which depicted war, heroism, love, and wide range of human characteristics. We have repeated stories of real heroism and simple stories of family tradition and values.

Storytelling practices attained ritualistic approaches on occasions and festival seasons. Villagers and tribal folk derived happiness squatting around a camp fire to hear traditional values of family life, genealogy, and spiritual values through folklores recited by a knowledgeable elder or an expert learned master storyteller. The mind of the listener could interweave their thoughts with the past, upholding the rich family fabric tapestry of togetherness.

Today it is sustained in the form of family narrative. The secrets behind a happy family narrative are real time stories that bind us from personal experiences written and stored. It could be an answer or an eye opener to many a self in the family in future, who could correlate the story to their life. Family narrative could provide stability for the present and as a structure for the future.

Encountering problems, challenges, and uphill tasks are facts of life happening to all. When it happens in the family, many such situations are softly spoken, counselled by elders with their gentle touch of grace. Their soft nature to listen melts away many issues with ease, which has a magical Midas soothing touch.

When I sat to write this narrative, it turned out to be an astonishingly good time to ask questions to equip the self. What is a family narrative? How it is able to correlate with the society which is a larger family in togetherness? The answers were; it showed the history of family narrative, as a story and the events were like a woven fabric of beauty where the family life and society was interlinked. It makes the self effective and successful through personal experiences to overcome toughest situations.

Traditions having common celebrating approaches like Thanks Giving, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, New Year, and even Valentine’s Day evoke sense of togetherness in all. Organizing family get-togethers to establish old ties, communicate family narratives and exchange views to help each other strengthens family bondage.

The bottom line is a family narrative or storytelling is a simple worthwhile exercise in writing for posterity. Possibilities are there for generations to come to read their family experiences in the past and correlate their current situations for overcoming hurdles to thrive in the happiness of family togetherness in life.

Anyone could get inspired by this narrative and wish to have a happier family life. They might take initiative to create, refine, and retell their story by narrating their family’s positive moments and its ability to bounce back from times of difficulty with ease. This approach to write a narrative of my family increases the positive thinking in a self about all possibilities which could make my or any happy family thrive for generations to come.

Some stories are repeatedly told to children and elders so that the mind gets an opportunity to explore the characteristics, through different dimensions. It creates impressions on moral values and the pattern of behavior the mind can adopt to have balanced approach to life. It may even help self evaluation when the mind compares its current state with various characterizations in the story. That leads to human evolution from time to time.

Listening to stories told by another blends the mind with story, characters and situations. The engrossed state of mind gets to enjoy humor, adventures, encounters and thrilling aspects of the story. When the mind gets carried away by the narration, it shows the self identifies itself as a part of the story. Traditions and cultures have influenced the value of storytelling for centuries. But today it is weaning out forgetting how inspired the mind could get when listening to storytelling. Leaving children to read a book has its own effects.

But nothing matches the inspirations of child when listening to bed time or over a meal story. Family gathering over meal could have lot of inspirations kindled when hearing to the storytelling of elders of their journey of life, while witnessing the journey of many around their times.

Camp-fires are occasions to celebrate with family, friends and communities. Storytelling was a part of it. Sharing human experiences through stories is caring which can awaken the sense of love for all, giving opportunities for the mind to understand better the beauty togetherness in a life we live to be in happiness.