The narrative we run in our head is a alternative.
It would or won’t be primarily based on goal actuality and verified historical past. Doesn’t matter, it’s nonetheless a alternative.
There are hundreds of thousands of the way we are able to remind ourselves in regards to the occasions of our lives and the techniques we stay in. However on this second (and the subsequent) we’ll select only one or two to rehearse and permit it to change our selections, outlook and interactions.
So the important thing query is easy:
Is it serving to?
It’s clear that the story is a alternative. You possibly can change it. Not abruptly, not simply, however in fact, we modify our focus. This takes effort, and it’s worthwhile.
And since we are able to change it, it’s a instrument. If it’s not serving to, we are able to change it.
200 years in the past, Jeremy Bentham wrote a pamphlet on how we use phrases to inform ourselves tales. It’s archaic and dense, so few learn it any longer. I requested Claude to provide us a abstract.
