Go Forth and Tell Your Stories

Listeners will find themselves captivated by the voices of the past and present, as we reflect on how stories enhance everything from personal growth to public speaking. Through humor, poignant memories, and the occasional unexpected twist, this episode promises to entertain while offering insights into the powerful tradition of storytelling. Whether you're a veteran storyteller or simply someone who appreciates a well-spun yarn, there's something here for you—an invitation to see the world through the lens of stories yet to be told.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Here for the memories thought-provoking audio memoir shorts filled with stories, humor, anecdotes and commentary on social, cultural, business and religious issues. Whatever Lyndon remembers and thinks will entertain, challenge and inform is a possible subject. The collection of memories about one's life allows for the development and refinement of a sense of self, including who one is, how one has changed and what one might be like in the future.

Speaker 2: 0:34

Greetings and salutations. I'm Lyndon Wool. I have the good fortune of having you join me. This is here for the Memories and it is my audio memoir. This is here for the Memories and it is my audio memoir. So glad you came. I like visitors, especially frequent visitors, so I welcome you back. You know, when you're at a point in life and I am where you have more to look back on in your lifespan than to look forward to, your life becomes an amalgamation of stories.

Speaker 2: 1:10

I love stories. I spent many years in public speaking and all the experts will say the same thing it's a story that will captivate, capture someone's attention, always lead with a story. I tell a lot of stories. Some of them are true, although I'm not a professional at it. Just down the road from where I live is the International Storytelling Center and it hosts the National Storytelling Festival. There is nothing like it in the entire world and it's in a very small town called Jonesboro where the greatest storytellers in the world come to compete and to share their personal experiences. Just amazing, and at some point I'm going to share my experience preaching at the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro. There as a college kid I did it three times and it has a very unique and amazing history that revolves around stained glass windows, which are extraordinarily rare. It also has a slave section in the back still to this day that was separated from the main auditorium by a curtain, and I'm sure you can figure out why. By the way, if you're interested in storytelling, you have to check out themothorg T-H-E-M-O-T-H dot org. I dream of participating in one of their storytelling events. This comes from their website.

Speaker 2: 2:36

The Moth's mission is to promote the art and craft of storytelling and to honor and celebrate the diversity and commonality of human experience. Since its launch in 1997, the Moth has presented thousands of stories, told live and without notes. It's raw. Moth shows are renowned for the great range of human experience they showcase. Each show starts with a theme and the storytellers explore it, often in unexpected ways, since each story is true and every voice authentic. The shows dance between documentary and theater, creating a unique, intimate and often enlightening experience for the audience. Doesn't that sound fantastic? Okay, I need to get back on task here. Have you ever wondered why TEDx is so popular? It's the stories Come on. East Tennessee State University, which is in the small town that I live in, has the only master's degree in storytelling that I'm aware of and I think that's fascinating and one of these days I might very well enter that program.

Speaker 2: 3:48

You know I try to weave stories into every aspect of my life, whether it's in a business meeting or when I'm talking to my 12-year-old daughter, piper, she constantly clamors for another story. Please, daddy, another story that I haven't heard before because I tend to be redundant One I've never heard before, and I do my best to remember and recite them. But stories come to us not by mental exertion. It seems as if the harder we try to remember them, the more elusive they are. Stories come to us because something happens in life that triggers or reminds us of those events, those stories, those memories. If you will and that's the beauty of it you can't conjure up a story about your life. If you did, it would be more than likely pure fiction. You have to wait on the revelation of life's circumstances to prompt you to recall an event, a story, a powerful story, a story that speaks to the present moment, and that story tells the story of who you are and who I am as well.

Speaker 2: 4:59

This podcast, which is an audio memoir, actually is entitled here for the memories. Why? Because my memories are nothing more than amalgamation of stories. I think I've said that before, even in this podcast. I told you I was redundant, but it really did bear repeating, and those stories capture the essence of my experience on this planet. Some are funny. At least I'm trying to be funny. You know, I think I'm funny and that's all that really matters. I really don't give a rat behind what you think. Okay, my wife says I'm not as funny as I think I am, and I do care what she thinks. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 5:42

I even thought that was funny.

Speaker 2: 5:43

Moving on, let me start again. Some of my stories are philosophical, some are spiritual, some are practical, some are challenging ideas or notions. Some of the stories challenge me as I kind of figuratively lay down in the bed of my past and dare take a long nap that has vivid dreams, Dreams of events gone by, dreams of lessons learned and poor decisions made, Dreams of stories that I've yet to tell, stories that I forgot but I needed to be reminded of. You can call it the universe, you can call it God that's what I do. You can call it evolved human nature, but we need something to remind us of how beautiful our stories really are.

Speaker 2: 6:25

So go forth and tell your story. Every time a present event triggers a profound memory, archive it for future reference. Someone you love needs to hear you recount it and its lessons. Or maybe you alone grow from the memory that your mind has now repurposed into a story. Thanks for joining me, Lyndon Wolfe, at here for the Memories. Remember that your story has tremendous value, and looking back will help you better understand what that value is.

Speaker 1: 7:00

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