The Lazy Faire

So when some aspect of your life (relationships, health, money, etc.) feels like a grind, you can transform it into a groove by changing the stories you tell about it.

But this only works if you believe your groovy new stories, so it’s best to change them gradually.

via The Power of Story (Part 2) - EnjoyParenting.com.

He’s right. The power of a changed narrative to change your life is immense.

It doesn’t always have to be gradual. One of the reasons transcendant experiences are so important to human experience is that they give us an inflection point on which to hinge a sudden change in narrative. E.g. the “road to damascus” moment when everything changed. Just as a good story needs dramatic events to justify changes in a character’s behavior, so it becomes much easier to tell ourselves new stories when we can identify the moment when our world was made new.