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"As long as one soul remains who can tell the story, and that by the recounting the tale, the greater forces of love, mercy, generosity and strength are constinously called into being in the world, I promise you... it will be enough".

"Whether you are an old family, a new family or a family in the making , wheter you be a lover or friend, it is the experiences you share with others and the stories that you tell about those experiences afterwards, and the tales you bring from the past and the future that create the ultimate bond".

Like night dreams, stories often use symbolic language, therefore bypassing the ego and persona, the travelling staight to the spirit and soul who listen for the ancient and universal instructions imbedded there. Because of this process, stories can teach, correct errors, lighten the heart and the darkness, provide psychic shelter, assist transformation and heal wounds

"For some stories, considerations about the right time, right place, right person, right prrpararion and right purpose guides when and whether the story should pe told or not.

And yet, paradoxically, these very stories that rise from deep suffering can provide the most potent remedies for past, present and even future ills

" These medicinal stories are traditionally used in many different ways; to teach, correct errors, lighten, assist transformation, heal wonds, re-create memory. Their main purpose is to educate and enrich soul and wordly life. "

" telling the story is considered an essential spiritual practice. Tales, legends, myths and folklore are learned, developed, numbered and preserved the way a pharmacopeia is kept.

The life of a keeper of stories is a combination of researcher, healer, linguistic in symbolic language, teller of stories, inspiratrice, God talker and time traveler".

"As in this ancient story, as throughout all of human history, and in mu deepest family traditions, the ultimate gift of story is twofolded; that at least one soul remains who can tell the story and that by recounting of the tale, the greater forces of love, mercy, generosity and sttenght arr constinously called ibto being in thr word"

What constitues " enough"? Let me begin to answer by telling you a story