Narrative In Flux

An episode of the Hope Unitarian Church Podcast podcast, hosted by HopeUU, titled "Narrative In Flux" was published on May 24, 2024 and runs 15 minutes.

May 24, 2024 ·15m · Hope Unitarian Church Podcast

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Summary

We are the stories we tell. Not just the stories we tell of ourselves but also the stories we tell about one another. This narrative is made up of perspectives that we form from the experience of both joy and our sorrow. It is easy to forget that the world we see, though real, is perceived only through our senses, the eyes, the ears, the hands. That there are colors and sounds that we will never know, and narratives, no matter how much we wish it, can never be truly known. But if the st...

Episode Description

We are the stories we tell. Not just the stories we tell of ourselves but also the

stories we tell about one another. This narrative is made up of perspectives that

we form from the experience of both joy and our sorrow. It is easy to forget that the world we see, though real, is perceived only through our senses, the eyes, the ears, the hands. That there are colors and sounds that we will never know, and narratives, no matter how much we wish it, can never be truly known. But if the stories we tell make up who we are the inverse is all true, we are also defined by the stories we choose to shelve. Empathy then, makes up the space between.