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What does it mean?
Everyone has an articulated story within them waiting to be written after silence and suffering.
In plain terms
You have a story inside you waiting to be written.
What can you take from it?
Your suffering contains a story waiting to be told.

Where it applies

  • Feeling unheard
  • Overcoming trauma
  • Deciding to write

Putting it to work

  • Journaling experiences
  • Writing fiction
  • Processing trauma

Questions to consider

  • What story are you keeping inside?
  • Why have you stayed silent?

Another view

Some people may not feel they have a story worth telling.

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