“There are a million stories in the naked city**”, or so the quote goes.  From the moment you awake and hear the birds fluttering and singing, to the minute you open your eyes and see the spider in the corner of the room, or swing yourself out of bed and firmly place your feet on carpeting, hardwood floors, grass, or forest bedding, you’ve got a story to tell.

Don’t tell me you can’t write here.  Don’t tell me you don’t have the words.  Don’t tell me you don’t have the stories or the skills or the correct grammar to write here.

Don’t tell me your life is boring and you have nothing to share.  Don’t tell me that no one would be interested.

All of us have stories.  We have the skills to tell our stories because they need to be in our words.  Someone will be interested and it’s probably someone you never dreamed would be interested in something you have to say.  I don’t need perfect grammar to understand your heart.  I don’t need to see excellent writing skills to know that your soul is being shared and you need someone to listen.

You’ve got a story.  Each one of us has stories to share.  Something is happening to you right now and you have a story to share.

I want to hear it.  Tell me a story.

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**I did try to find out who coined that thought but it’s used widely by so many that I can’t seem to find the original author or speaker of the phrase.