Whether because they remind us of our childhood or just take us away from our everyday lives, we all have our own reasons for enjoying them.
Stories are wonderful - from the very simple to the very complex. The simplest story often has more depth to it than is at first apparent whilst the most complex can also be enjoyed at a simple level.
Our unconscious minds love stories too. They love to try and make sense of them. When we hear or read a story, our unconscious mind goes into overdrive, working on deriving meaning that is relevant to us. Maybe that's why stories are so great - because we can all take out of them exactly what we need for ourselves.
When my brother and I were little, our grandad used to tell us a lot of stories. He made up his own characters, a family of bears called the Brewin Boys and told us brilliant stories about their adventures. Thinking back, they were really moral tales; each time the bears managed to get themselves into a situation and faced a choice between right and wrong. They always made the right choice and learned something along the way ........... and of course........ subtly, so did we. Now if grandad had sat us down and lectured us about doing this or not doing that, we might not have listened, but this way, it was fun. Not only that but memorable - 40 odd years later.
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Michelle
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