Fiction or Non Fiction?

Last Saturday my wife and I were in Sedona AZ.  While in one of the shops we chatted with the owner, who moved to Sedona from New Jersey.  She was an interesting woman who was very knowledgeable about massage.  As we walked away from the store my wife said to me, “I wonder what her story is? Why did she move here?”  I responded by saying, “Based on our conversation, my intuition is that she doesn’t know her real story.  If you asked her what her ‘story’ was, she would give you a fictional version of what is going on in her life.  Most people have learned not to tell the non-fiction story of their life.” 

Is the story you tell yourself and others about your life fiction or non-fiction? Here are some questions you can ask yourself to determine which type of story you are living.   Is the story based on fears learned early in life that discounts your talents?  In your story is your life the result of what others have done to you?  Is drama something that seems to frequently seek you out?  Is there an ache in your soul to do what you really love which leads you to repeat “One of these days I am going ___?  Are you always running on adrenaline?  Are you the victim in your story?

If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, you are living a fictional life based on fear based life-controlling patterns.  Your fictional story seldom has a wonderful outcome. During most of the story you are probably trying to please others and make them happy.  More often than not the story develops into a tragedy that ends with your music still in you when your life ends. 

It is time to write a new story that is a non-fictional best seller.  In the non-fictional version of your story, you are the hero and your talents are being fully utilized.  This causes you to be peacefully supercharged and fully tapped into the Universal energy that is available when you are living your mission.  In your non-fictional version of your story you are frequently being sought out for your wisdom and ability to inspire others.  The non-fictional version has a spectacular ending where you are describing your life and proclaiming with your last breath, “Wow what a ride!”

We are always telling our story to ourselves and others in many different ways.  Most often we just share short bits of our story at a time.  I encourage you to pay attention to the nature of the story you are telling.  Is the story fictional, full of drama and personal underutilization? Or is it non-fiction based on the truth of you being you in all of your radiant wonderfulness?  If it is not the story you want, you can change it. 

Words have power, carefully choose and express the ones that match the ‘real you’.