Ghost Lion

The power of stories is in its ability to connect people and increase our ability to relate to each other. Stories move us because we can understand the exaggeration, the fairy tale, the drama because we have felt that feeling before—no matter how tiny that feeling was. The story of a homeless man reminds a suburban teen of the time he was kicked out of his house. The story of  a black woman’s struggle in a racist town reminds a white high schooler of the time he was beat up by skinheads for being a surfer. These are very different circumstances but the power of stories is in its ability to connect feelings, even though the facts differ.