Storytelling is an art. A largely lost one in my experience. Especially funny storytelling. I absolutely love the three funny storytellers in my life. I am reminded of this as I have just yesterday had a funny story told to me by one of them. Seinfeld has nothing on these women. They can take a perfectly normal event, wrap it in their gift of storytelling and before you know it you're laughing hysterically. I'm talking about the kind of laughing where I am snorting like a 6 year old, tears rolling down my cheeks, can't catch my breath and ready to pee my pants. One of these women is my friend Lynn who told one story I'll never forget about a blind date she went on and the unidentifiable stink that followed them all evening. What I probably would have taken 30 seconds of paraphrasing and condensing to tell was drawn out into a wonderful 15 to 20 minute play by play that had an entire group of adult professional women laughing themselves to tears and snorting. This is a gift... and one I wish I had, if I were to wish for a gift. Taking the ordinary, breaking it down and examining it with an eye of humor. It helps me to laugh at myself because I find 'myself' in their stories of others. Another is my friend Berta who told me many a hilarious story, but only hilarious because she has the gift of storytelling and a heart with a sense of humor. My friend Lisa is the master of this gift. She could tell me about having a splinter and have me ready to pee my pants from laughing before she's done. The key is that she's willing to laugh at herself and at the absurd situations we all find ourselves in from time to time. She is innately intuitive and a student of the human condition. She sees that the things we people do are weird and funny and clumsy and sometimes just not well thought out. I won't breach any trusts with examples but I am just here to say how incredibly grateful I am that God put these people in my life. I am far too quick to take myself and everything else too seriously and not see the humor in it. Thanks to each of you for sharing your gift with me.:-)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Storytellers
Storytelling is an art. A largely lost one in my experience. Especially funny storytelling. I absolutely love the three funny storytellers in my life. I am reminded of this as I have just yesterday had a funny story told to me by one of them. Seinfeld has nothing on these women. They can take a perfectly normal event, wrap it in their gift of storytelling and before you know it you're laughing hysterically. I'm talking about the kind of laughing where I am snorting like a 6 year old, tears rolling down my cheeks, can't catch my breath and ready to pee my pants. One of these women is my friend Lynn who told one story I'll never forget about a blind date she went on and the unidentifiable stink that followed them all evening. What I probably would have taken 30 seconds of paraphrasing and condensing to tell was drawn out into a wonderful 15 to 20 minute play by play that had an entire group of adult professional women laughing themselves to tears and snorting. This is a gift... and one I wish I had, if I were to wish for a gift. Taking the ordinary, breaking it down and examining it with an eye of humor. It helps me to laugh at myself because I find 'myself' in their stories of others. Another is my friend Berta who told me many a hilarious story, but only hilarious because she has the gift of storytelling and a heart with a sense of humor. My friend Lisa is the master of this gift. She could tell me about having a splinter and have me ready to pee my pants from laughing before she's done. The key is that she's willing to laugh at herself and at the absurd situations we all find ourselves in from time to time. She is innately intuitive and a student of the human condition. She sees that the things we people do are weird and funny and clumsy and sometimes just not well thought out. I won't breach any trusts with examples but I am just here to say how incredibly grateful I am that God put these people in my life. I am far too quick to take myself and everything else too seriously and not see the humor in it. Thanks to each of you for sharing your gift with me.:-)
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Leanne, I love a good storyteller too. Laurie Hinkley has that gift and has blown the needle right off my laugh meter many times over the year. You, my dear are blessed with a quick wit that cracks me up. Isn't laughter just the best gift?
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