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The Importance of Story Telling | Kautuk Srivastava | TEDxSIULavale


hi guys hello hi okay so my name is

hi guys hello hi okay so my name is Karthik Shrivastav and before I go ahead

Karthik Shrivastav and before I go ahead

Karthik Shrivastav and before I go ahead with this let me just quickly tell you a

with this let me just quickly tell you a

with this let me just quickly tell you a little bit about me okay

little bit about me okay

little bit about me okay so firstly how many just one quick

so firstly how many just one quick

so firstly how many just one quick question okay how many hot guys in the

question okay how many hot guys in the

question okay how many hot guys in the audience make some noise I have seen you

audience make some noise I have seen you

audience make some noise I have seen you like you hot okay whatever

okay how many cool guys and your drains

okay how many cool guys and your drains make so nice why is this side hot in

make so nice why is this side hot in

make so nice why is this side hot in this side crew version

this side crew version

this side crew version okay great works for me our point is

okay great works for me our point is

okay great works for me our point is point is that I am none of those things

point is that I am none of those things

point is that I am none of those things okay I am NOT hot I am NOT cool okay I

okay I am NOT hot I am NOT cool okay I

okay I am NOT hot I am NOT cool okay I am a room temperature guy you like right

am a room temperature guy you like right

am a room temperature guy you like right down the middle that’s where I am this

down the middle that’s where I am this

down the middle that’s where I am this is this is me this I’ll you know I’ve

is this is me this I’ll you know I’ve

is this is me this I’ll you know I’ve never been called hot or cool my life

never been called hot or cool my life

never been called hot or cool my life never never been called hot oh cool the

never never been called hot oh cool the

never never been called hot oh cool the only adjectives I get called is this one

only adjectives I get called is this one

only adjectives I get called is this one ejective cute oh my god you’re so cute

ejective cute oh my god you’re so cute

ejective cute oh my god you’re so cute oh my god you’re like an angle a cute

here’s the thing okay I’m I am the boy

here’s the thing okay I’m I am the boy who lives next door to the boy next door

who lives next door to the boy next door

who lives next door to the boy next door that is why I am okay basically okay if

that is why I am okay basically okay if

that is why I am okay basically okay if you guys saw me with a hot girl you

you guys saw me with a hot girl you

you guys saw me with a hot girl you would all think I’m rich think about

would all think I’m rich think about

would all think I’m rich think about that you’re Billy what is wrong with her

that you’re Billy what is wrong with her

that you’re Billy what is wrong with her why is she with him he must be rich

why is she with him he must be rich

why is she with him he must be rich I mean if season to lose us what’s wrong

I mean if season to lose us what’s wrong

I mean if season to lose us what’s wrong with me rightness I’m hot No so you know

with me rightness I’m hot No so you know

with me rightness I’m hot No so you know it’s I’m a room temperature guy okay and

it’s I’m a room temperature guy okay and

it’s I’m a room temperature guy okay and it’s really really hard for me because

it’s really really hard for me because

it’s really really hard for me because you know like I don’t know how to flirt

you know like I don’t know how to flirt

you know like I don’t know how to flirt with women I really don’t know how to

with women I really don’t know how to

with women I really don’t know how to flirt with women like nothing zero okay

flirt with women like nothing zero okay

flirt with women like nothing zero okay what someone said so cute thanks for

what someone said so cute thanks for

what someone said so cute thanks for being me a rest of my life uh I don’t

being me a rest of my life uh I don’t

being me a rest of my life uh I don’t know how to flirt with women okay like

know how to flirt with women okay like

know how to flirt with women okay like you know this one time I was on a plane

you know this one time I was on a plane

you know this one time I was on a plane okay and this beautiful girl

okay and this beautiful girl

okay and this beautiful girl absolutely beautiful girl comes in sits

absolutely beautiful girl comes in sits

absolutely beautiful girl comes in sits next to me okay she is so beautiful that

next to me okay she is so beautiful that

next to me okay she is so beautiful that you would not notice her eyes or

you would not notice her eyes or

you would not notice her eyes or personality

very beautiful okay she comes to sex to

very beautiful okay she comes to sex to me now this is every guy’s dream

me now this is every guy’s dream

me now this is every guy’s dream situation okay because the girl don’t go

situation okay because the girl don’t go

situation okay because the girl don’t go anywhere the seatbelt sign is still on

so I’m on this plane okay beautiful

so I’m on this plane okay beautiful considering next to me and I can’t think

considering next to me and I can’t think

considering next to me and I can’t think of a single thing to say to her nothing

of a single thing to say to her nothing

of a single thing to say to her nothing okay half the flight goes by finally she

okay half the flight goes by finally she

okay half the flight goes by finally she reaches into the pocket ahead of her and

reaches into the pocket ahead of her and

reaches into the pocket ahead of her and she pulls out something to read okay now

she pulls out something to read okay now

she pulls out something to read okay now I like reading she is reading something

I like reading she is reading something

I like reading she is reading something this was my in okay so I turned to her

this was my in okay so I turned to her

this was my in okay so I turned to her exam confidently I’m like hi what are

exam confidently I’m like hi what are

exam confidently I’m like hi what are you reading and she says the safety

you reading and she says the safety

you reading and she says the safety instructions and I said nice who’s it by

who’s it by at this point my brain was

who’s it by at this point my brain was going why would you say that that is not

going why would you say that that is not

going why would you say that that is not a book I’m like I know and she says it’s

a book I’m like I know and she says it’s

a book I’m like I know and she says it’s by Air India I guess I said is it good

by Air India I guess I said is it good

by Air India I guess I said is it good is it good at this one my brain knows

is it good at this one my brain knows

is it good at this one my brain knows way I will repeat that is all book to

way I will repeat that is all book to

way I will repeat that is all book to stop this right now that is not a book

stop this right now that is not a book

stop this right now that is not a book I’m like I know when she says what did

I’m like I know when she says what did

I’m like I know when she says what did you say nothing

now a brain is like cool now don’t say a

now a brain is like cool now don’t say a word

word

word I’m like alright fine

I’m like alright fine

I’m like alright fine [Music]

so you’re also going to Bombay at this

so you’re also going to Bombay at this point my brain was like just give up

point my brain was like just give up

point my brain was like just give up end this now don’t procreate so yeah so

end this now don’t procreate so yeah so

end this now don’t procreate so yeah so that’s that’s what it was like and what

that’s that’s what it was like and what

that’s that’s what it was like and what you just heard was basically a story

you just heard was basically a story

you just heard was basically a story right and so basically today’s talk that

right and so basically today’s talk that

right and so basically today’s talk that I’m going to give you today is today’s

I’m going to give you today is today’s

I’m going to give you today is today’s talking more to give you today because I

talking more to give you today because I

talking more to give you today because I have not said today enough times the

have not said today enough times the

have not said today enough times the talk I’m going to give you today is

talk I’m going to give you today is

talk I’m going to give you today is about storytelling

about storytelling

about storytelling okay the importance of storytelling okay

okay the importance of storytelling okay

okay the importance of storytelling okay now here’s the thing okay story for me

now here’s the thing okay story for me

now here’s the thing okay story for me is is something that we do every day

is is something that we do every day

is is something that we do every day okay

okay

okay the very fact that snapchat has snapped

the very fact that snapchat has snapped

the very fact that snapchat has snapped stories and instagram has install

stories and instagram has install

stories and instagram has install stories and whatsapp has whatsapp story

stories and whatsapp has whatsapp story

stories and whatsapp has whatsapp story ah but the very fact that these apps

ah but the very fact that these apps

ah but the very fact that these apps have these stories means that we’re

have these stories means that we’re

have these stories means that we’re telling them every day okay and it’s

telling them every day okay and it’s

telling them every day okay and it’s very simple stories are basically

very simple stories are basically

very simple stories are basically communication made interesting ok that’s

communication made interesting ok that’s

communication made interesting ok that’s literally it every time you are

literally it every time you are

literally it every time you are communicating and you’re making it

communicating and you’re making it

communicating and you’re making it interesting you’re telling a story

interesting you’re telling a story

interesting you’re telling a story that’s all there is to it ok and I’m

that’s all there is to it ok and I’m

that’s all there is to it ok and I’m going to take you through what I think

going to take you through what I think

going to take you through what I think are the parts that are input like what I

are the parts that are input like what I

are the parts that are input like what I feel are important you know what is the

feel are important you know what is the

feel are important you know what is the importance of storytelling okay like

importance of storytelling okay like

importance of storytelling okay like what makes re-telling so compelling and

what makes re-telling so compelling and

what makes re-telling so compelling and so important to us and I’m going to tell

so important to us and I’m going to tell

so important to us and I’m going to tell it to you from like from a very personal

it to you from like from a very personal

it to you from like from a very personal in my own idiotic way okay now I’m a

in my own idiotic way okay now I’m a

in my own idiotic way okay now I’m a professional idiot that’s what I do as a

professional idiot that’s what I do as a

professional idiot that’s what I do as a comedian I’m a professionally did like

comedian I’m a professionally did like

comedian I’m a professionally did like like the people you heard today are

like the people you heard today are

like the people you heard today are professionals I am that’s I’m cute

professionals I am that’s I’m cute

professionals I am that’s I’m cute that’s that’s that’s all I have like

that’s that’s that’s all I have like

that’s that’s that’s all I have like that’s that’s all I have going for me so

that’s that’s all I have going for me so

that’s that’s all I have going for me so I’m gonna Delta from like my personal

I’m gonna Delta from like my personal

I’m gonna Delta from like my personal experiences whatever idiot clown

experiences whatever idiot clown

experiences whatever idiot clown experiences I have now Isis I’ll tell

experiences I have now Isis I’ll tell

experiences I have now Isis I’ll tell you one thing before I begin which is

you one thing before I begin which is

you one thing before I begin which is that I am a comedian and a fiction

that I am a comedian and a fiction

that I am a comedian and a fiction writer okay uh and it’s pretty cool

writer okay uh and it’s pretty cool

writer okay uh and it’s pretty cool being a fiction writer because as a

being a fiction writer because as a

being a fiction writer because as a child I used to get hit for telling lies

child I used to get hit for telling lies

child I used to get hit for telling lies now I get paid for it I have some five

now I get paid for it I have some five

now I get paid for it I have some five things that I want to talk to you about

things that I want to talk to you about

things that I want to talk to you about about the importance of storytelling

about the importance of storytelling

about the importance of storytelling okay the first thing that I want talk to

okay the first thing that I want talk to

okay the first thing that I want talk to you about is entertainment okay the one

you about is entertainment okay the one

you about is entertainment okay the one thing that makes stories the most

thing that makes stories the most

thing that makes stories the most interesting and the most like

interesting and the most like

interesting and the most like fascinating thing is the fact that

fascinating thing is the fact that

fascinating thing is the fact that they’re entertaining right entertainment

they’re entertaining right entertainment

they’re entertaining right entertainment is the topsoil of soy deli okay it’s the

is the topsoil of soy deli okay it’s the

is the topsoil of soy deli okay it’s the very top thing okay at this point you’re

very top thing okay at this point you’re

very top thing okay at this point you’re sorry doesn’t have perspective meaning

sorry doesn’t have perspective meaning

sorry doesn’t have perspective meaning insight etc but that doesn’t mean that

insight etc but that doesn’t mean that

insight etc but that doesn’t mean that entertaining stories are less valuable

entertaining stories are less valuable

entertaining stories are less valuable okay that does not mean that like I’ll

okay that does not mean that like I’ll

okay that does not mean that like I’ll tell you what like I am standing here in

tell you what like I am standing here in

tell you what like I am standing here in front of you because I read one story by

front of you because I read one story by

front of you because I read one story by P G Wodehouse okay P G Wodehouse is my

P G Wodehouse okay P G Wodehouse is my

P G Wodehouse okay P G Wodehouse is my favoritest author ever and I read this

favoritest author ever and I read this

favoritest author ever and I read this one story when I was in the 10th

one story when I was in the 10th

one story when I was in the 10th standard okay I was in the middle of my

standard okay I was in the middle of my

standard okay I was in the middle of my exams so it just before it in fact I was

exams so it just before it in fact I was

exams so it just before it in fact I was in February okay a month to my exams and

in February okay a month to my exams and

in February okay a month to my exams and my parents had they thought that they

my parents had they thought that they

my parents had they thought that they won the battle when they took out the TV

won the battle when they took out the TV

won the battle when they took out the TV and the computer and they left this P G

and the computer and they left this P G

and the computer and they left this P G Wodehouse book okay I opened the book as

Wodehouse book okay I opened the book as

Wodehouse book okay I opened the book as I was reading this and I read straight

I was reading this and I read straight

I was reading this and I read straight through the night and I changed my life

through the night and I changed my life

through the night and I changed my life I was like oh my god this is so amazing

I was like oh my god this is so amazing

I was like oh my god this is so amazing if I can spend the rest of my life

if I can spend the rest of my life

if I can spend the rest of my life doing even a little bit of what PG

doing even a little bit of what PG

doing even a little bit of what PG woodhouse like managed to do my life

woodhouse like managed to do my life

woodhouse like managed to do my life would be amazing okay and that’s why I

would be amazing okay and that’s why I

would be amazing okay and that’s why I started I started writing stuff when I

started I started writing stuff when I

started I started writing stuff when I started becoming a humor writer and

started becoming a humor writer and

started becoming a humor writer and that’s why I’m here today and it just

that’s why I’m here today and it just

that’s why I’m here today and it just shows you that even the smallest things

shows you that even the smallest things

shows you that even the smallest things can make such a vast difference right so

can make such a vast difference right so

can make such a vast difference right so entertainment does not mean that is any

entertainment does not mean that is any

entertainment does not mean that is any less valuable the second thing that I

less valuable the second thing that I

less valuable the second thing that I wanna talk to you about is stories are

wanna talk to you about is stories are

wanna talk to you about is stories are important because they form a record of

important because they form a record of

important because they form a record of art I of our time on earth okay that’s

art I of our time on earth okay that’s

art I of our time on earth okay that’s really like one cool thing about stories

really like one cool thing about stories

really like one cool thing about stories that they form a record of our time on

that they form a record of our time on

that they form a record of our time on earth okay like writing for me is

earth okay like writing for me is

earth okay like writing for me is probably the closest we’ve come to

probably the closest we’ve come to

probably the closest we’ve come to time-travel okay that’s the thing that I

time-travel okay that’s the thing that I

time-travel okay that’s the thing that I find very fascinating writing is almost

find very fascinating writing is almost

find very fascinating writing is almost time-travel okay because it goes through

time-travel okay because it goes through

time-travel okay because it goes through space and time okay like it I find it

space and time okay like it I find it

space and time okay like it I find it endlessly

endlessly

endlessly fascinating that Jack Kerouac writing in

fascinating that Jack Kerouac writing in

fascinating that Jack Kerouac writing in 1957 in America can influence a person

1957 in America can influence a person

1957 in America can influence a person in 2017 in India and inspire him to

in 2017 in India and inspire him to

in 2017 in India and inspire him to travel dad is time travel that is

travel dad is time travel that is

travel dad is time travel that is amazing okay and this is like doubly

amazing okay and this is like doubly

amazing okay and this is like doubly amazing to me because here’s the thing

amazing to me because here’s the thing

amazing to me because here’s the thing okay we may not know the meaning of life

okay we may not know the meaning of life

okay we may not know the meaning of life but we do know one thing we know the

but we do know one thing we know the

but we do know one thing we know the responsibility of life and the

responsibility of life and the

responsibility of life and the responsibility of life is very simple is

responsibility of life is very simple is

responsibility of life is very simple is to leave the world a better place than

to leave the world a better place than

to leave the world a better place than you found it okay and stories because

you found it okay and stories because

you found it okay and stories because they form a record of your time here

they form a record of your time here

they form a record of your time here they’re very fascinating because you can

they’re very fascinating because you can

they’re very fascinating because you can record your wisdom and experience and

record your wisdom and experience and

record your wisdom and experience and hope that someone from a next generation

hope that someone from a next generation

hope that someone from a next generation can see this and hopefully learn from it

can see this and hopefully learn from it

can see this and hopefully learn from it now the very fact that PG Wodehouse

now the very fact that PG Wodehouse

now the very fact that PG Wodehouse influenced me to become a writer means

influenced me to become a writer means

influenced me to become a writer means you know that a record of your time and

you know that a record of your time and

you know that a record of your time and space can influence other people okay so

space can influence other people okay so

space can influence other people okay so that’s that’s so that’s a very important

that’s that’s so that’s a very important

that’s that’s so that’s a very important thing the stories do the next thing

thing the stories do the next thing

thing the stories do the next thing about stories is that they are

about stories is that they are

about stories is that they are transformative empowering and inspiring

transformative empowering and inspiring

transformative empowering and inspiring okay now I began this talk by telling

okay now I began this talk by telling

okay now I began this talk by telling you that I am a room temperature guy

you that I am a room temperature guy

you that I am a room temperature guy right now to get this realization took a

right now to get this realization took a

right now to get this realization took a long time okay because when I was a

long time okay because when I was a

long time okay because when I was a teenager okay when I was when I was in

teenager okay when I was when I was in

teenager okay when I was when I was in college and in fact when I was in school

college and in fact when I was in school

college and in fact when I was in school like my the height of my ambition was

like my the height of my ambition was

like my the height of my ambition was that one day somebody would call me hot

that one day somebody would call me hot

that one day somebody would call me hot or cool that was literally it like once

or cool that was literally it like once

or cool that was literally it like once I want someone to go like hey you are so

I want someone to go like hey you are so

I want someone to go like hey you are so hot if you like thank you I waited my

hot if you like thank you I waited my

hot if you like thank you I waited my whole life for you you know just one

whole life for you you know just one

whole life for you you know just one time honor I want to that happen and it

time honor I want to that happen and it

time honor I want to that happen and it and and it took me so long to realize

and and it took me so long to realize

and and it took me so long to realize that maybe there’s a third way maybe I

that maybe there’s a third way maybe I

that maybe there’s a third way maybe I have to tell the story of of my life and

have to tell the story of of my life and

have to tell the story of of my life and not something I want to be okay and the

not something I want to be okay and the

not something I want to be okay and the minute I went onstage okay and I said

minute I went onstage okay and I said

minute I went onstage okay and I said that hey guys I’m not a hot guy I’m not

that hey guys I’m not a hot guy I’m not

that hey guys I’m not a hot guy I’m not a cool guy I’m a room-temperature guy

a cool guy I’m a room-temperature guy

a cool guy I’m a room-temperature guy the minute I said that and I saw a room

the minute I said that and I saw a room

the minute I said that and I saw a room full of people laughing that’s the

full of people laughing that’s the

full of people laughing that’s the minute I went like you know what this is

minute I went like you know what this is

minute I went like you know what this is the best I could not have been anybody

the best I could not have been anybody

the best I could not have been anybody else and this works for me now that’s

else and this works for me now that’s

else and this works for me now that’s nice transformative that’s empowering

nice transformative that’s empowering

nice transformative that’s empowering like you tell your story and trust me

like you tell your story and trust me

like you tell your story and trust me people will love you for it if you’re

people will love you for it if you’re

people will love you for it if you’re telling the truth okay because that’s

telling the truth okay because that’s

telling the truth okay because that’s what people value more than anything

what people value more than anything

what people value more than anything else

else

else the truth and chances are the people are

the truth and chances are the people are

the truth and chances are the people are going through it themselves like

going through it themselves like

going through it themselves like everybody here who said they were hot

everybody here who said they were hot

everybody here who said they were hot and cool ha ha ha

the four thing the fourth thing I wanna

the four thing the fourth thing I wanna tell you is in fact I don’t want to tell

tell you is in fact I don’t want to tell

tell you is in fact I don’t want to tell you what it is I want to take you

you what it is I want to take you

you what it is I want to take you through it okay a few years back I was

through it okay a few years back I was

through it okay a few years back I was in a place called McLeod Ganj and

in a place called McLeod Ganj and

in a place called McLeod Ganj and someone told me that you must go on the

someone told me that you must go on the

someone told me that you must go on the three own Trail

three own Trail

three own Trail okay now three own for those if you

okay now three own for those if you

okay now three own for those if you don’t know it’s a beautiful trail okay

don’t know it’s a beautiful trail okay

don’t know it’s a beautiful trail okay you must go if you haven’t gone you must

you must go if you haven’t gone you must

you must go if you haven’t gone you must go okay so it’s a it’s a long serene

go okay so it’s a it’s a long serene

go okay so it’s a it’s a long serene walk you go right like through a mount

walk you go right like through a mount

walk you go right like through a mount like a cross a mountain okay and on the

like a cross a mountain okay and on the

like a cross a mountain okay and on the journey it’s fully lush okay it’s green

journey it’s fully lush okay it’s green

journey it’s fully lush okay it’s green all around you okay you can see

all around you okay you can see

all around you okay you can see panoramic views of the valleys okay the

panoramic views of the valleys okay the

panoramic views of the valleys okay the valleys are deep and I at one point

valleys are deep and I at one point

valleys are deep and I at one point you’re so high like altitude wise

you’re so high like altitude wise

you’re so high like altitude wise altitude wise altitude what is you’re so

altitude wise altitude what is you’re so

altitude wise altitude what is you’re so high up when you look down you can see

high up when you look down you can see

high up when you look down you can see birds flying below you you can see the

birds flying below you you can see the

birds flying below you you can see the backs of their heads that is amazing

backs of their heads that is amazing

backs of their heads that is amazing okay and I think here’s another aspect

okay and I think here’s another aspect

okay and I think here’s another aspect of storytelling that I just told you all

of storytelling that I just told you all

of storytelling that I just told you all of this stuff and you could in some way

of this stuff and you could in some way

of this stuff and you could in some way imagine it you could in some way be

imagine it you could in some way be

imagine it you could in some way be there you could in some ways see the

there you could in some ways see the

there you could in some ways see the back of a crows head so the point is

back of a crows head so the point is

back of a crows head so the point is that through a story I can actually take

that through a story I can actually take

that through a story I can actually take you to someplace that you’ve never been

you to someplace that you’ve never been

you to someplace that you’ve never been make you experience something that

make you experience something that

make you experience something that you’ve not experienced that’s that’s

you’ve not experienced that’s that’s

you’ve not experienced that’s that’s again a very fascinating important part

again a very fascinating important part

again a very fascinating important part of storytelling okay and here’s the

of storytelling okay and here’s the

of storytelling okay and here’s the thing guys I just told you all of this

thing guys I just told you all of this

thing guys I just told you all of this for free I paid twenty thousand to go to

for free I paid twenty thousand to go to

for free I paid twenty thousand to go to three free just finding it very unfair

three free just finding it very unfair

three free just finding it very unfair but here’s the other thing okay about

but here’s the other thing okay about

but here’s the other thing okay about that trip I forgot to tell you one thing

that trip I forgot to tell you one thing

that trip I forgot to tell you one thing stories also fascinating because you are

stories also fascinating because you are

stories also fascinating because you are telling it to somebody and in telling it

telling it to somebody and in telling it

telling it to somebody and in telling it to somebody you are doing two things

to somebody you are doing two things

to somebody you are doing two things you’re transforming that experience

you’re transforming that experience

you’re transforming that experience you’re transforming it like I told you

you’re transforming it like I told you

you’re transforming it like I told you about how beautiful the journey was

about how beautiful the journey was

about how beautiful the journey was right I told you about how amazing it

right I told you about how amazing it

right I told you about how amazing it looked in the view was spectacular and

looked in the view was spectacular and

looked in the view was spectacular and the bird’s head and everything but what

the bird’s head and everything but what

the bird’s head and everything but what I did leave out was this okay all the

I did leave out was this okay all the

I did leave out was this okay all the tech it was painful it was painful it’s

tech it was painful it was painful it’s

tech it was painful it was painful it’s eighteen kilometers one way

eighteen kilometers one way

eighteen kilometers one way five-and-a-half hours okay at some point

five-and-a-half hours okay at some point

five-and-a-half hours okay at some point my knee started giving way my muscles

my knee started giving way my muscles

my knee started giving way my muscles were cramping it was it was excruciating

were cramping it was it was excruciating

were cramping it was it was excruciating okay I thought I’d taken a wrong turn

okay I thought I’d taken a wrong turn

okay I thought I’d taken a wrong turn okay because I saw nobody on the trail I

okay because I saw nobody on the trail I

okay because I saw nobody on the trail I thought oh my god I’m lost if I die here

thought oh my god I’m lost if I die here

thought oh my god I’m lost if I die here nobody will fire

nobody will fire

nobody will fire me for days I have no cell phone

me for days I have no cell phone

me for days I have no cell phone reception this is it

reception this is it

reception this is it and it was terrifying it was terrifying

and it was terrifying it was terrifying

and it was terrifying it was terrifying but I didn’t tell you that and then this

but I didn’t tell you that and then this

but I didn’t tell you that and then this other thing happened I was on this trail

other thing happened I was on this trail

other thing happened I was on this trail I was worried I was lost and I looked

I was worried I was lost and I looked

I was worried I was lost and I looked behind and far away in the distance far

behind and far away in the distance far

behind and far away in the distance far far away in the distance I see one speck

far away in the distance I see one speck

far away in the distance I see one speck okay it’s one other person walking up

okay it’s one other person walking up

okay it’s one other person walking up that trail okay I was about to give up I

that trail okay I was about to give up I

that trail okay I was about to give up I was about to turn back and go home okay

was about to turn back and go home okay

was about to turn back and go home okay but I saw that one person I was like oh

but I saw that one person I was like oh

but I saw that one person I was like oh my god thank God I am not the only crazy

my god thank God I am not the only crazy

my god thank God I am not the only crazy person here and I finished that trick

person here and I finished that trick

person here and I finished that trick okay that lone stranger coming up behind

okay that lone stranger coming up behind

okay that lone stranger coming up behind you is what a great story looks like

you is what a great story looks like

you is what a great story looks like okay because the minute you are about to

okay because the minute you are about to

okay because the minute you are about to turn behind you can see a story coming

turn behind you can see a story coming

turn behind you can see a story coming up behind you that you can relate with

up behind you that you can relate with

up behind you that you can relate with and you go like I’ll do this I can get

and you go like I’ll do this I can get

and you go like I’ll do this I can get through this you know because great

through this you know because great

through this you know because great stories have this amazing ability to

stories have this amazing ability to

stories have this amazing ability to relate with you and when they relate

relate with you and when they relate

relate with you and when they relate with you it’s it’s the experiences very

with you it’s it’s the experiences very

with you it’s it’s the experiences very soothing because what it tells you is

soothing because what it tells you is

soothing because what it tells you is this like I am with you because I’m just

this like I am with you because I’m just

this like I am with you because I’m just like you and the other cool thing about

like you and the other cool thing about

like you and the other cool thing about this is that you don’t need to be in the

this is that you don’t need to be in the

this is that you don’t need to be in the same place you don’t need to be in the

same place you don’t need to be in the

same place you don’t need to be in the same country you don’t need to be the

same country you don’t need to be the

same country you don’t need to be the same time to have this experience you

same time to have this experience you

same time to have this experience you know you can read writers of any error

know you can read writers of any error

know you can read writers of any error and you will realize that yes they’re

and you will realize that yes they’re

and you will realize that yes they’re talking about the same things because we

talking about the same things because we

talking about the same things because we don’t change so that’s the other amazing

don’t change so that’s the other amazing

don’t change so that’s the other amazing thing about stories the last part about

thing about stories the last part about

thing about stories the last part about sorry telling is meaning now what I mean

sorry telling is meaning now what I mean

sorry telling is meaning now what I mean by this is and what I mean by this

by this is and what I mean by this

by this is and what I mean by this here’s the thing okay life is a series

here’s the thing okay life is a series

here’s the thing okay life is a series of arbitrary events that fall one after

of arbitrary events that fall one after

of arbitrary events that fall one after the other

the other

the other okay they don’t necessarily have meaning

okay they don’t necessarily have meaning

okay they don’t necessarily have meaning but it’s your interpretation that gives

but it’s your interpretation that gives

but it’s your interpretation that gives it any sort of meaning at all right so

it any sort of meaning at all right so

it any sort of meaning at all right so if you just look back at the last five

if you just look back at the last five

if you just look back at the last five days of your life did it have any

days of your life did it have any

days of your life did it have any meaning we invest meaning into time we

meaning we invest meaning into time we

meaning we invest meaning into time we invest meaning into days

invest meaning into days

invest meaning into days we invest meaning into all your

we invest meaning into all your

we invest meaning into all your experiences that you have we are the sum

experiences that you have we are the sum

experiences that you have we are the sum total of our stories okay the stories we

total of our stories okay the stories we

total of our stories okay the stories we believe in and the stories we tell so

believe in and the stories we tell so

believe in and the stories we tell so believe in good stories and tell better

believe in good stories and tell better

believe in good stories and tell better ones that’s it thank you

ones that’s it thank you

ones that’s it thank you you

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