Mark Bennion, a professor at BYU-I wrote in his essay Thinking About the Self, “We tell stories to call forth our humanity, bind ourselves to a greater community, and declare that an individual’s values and perceptions still matter.” But what is a story really but a collection of words with meaning attached? I believe in the power of stories, but I posed that question to make myself think. A story is something more than just a jumble of words, but rather a part of our lives we are attempting to give to the listener.
