“I don’t want the truth, Seth. Nobody’s going to make you tell your story, but if you listen you might understand why the rest of us will.� She keeps looking at Seth, but the rest is catch-up for us. “See, life happens as much in the imagination as it does out where there’s earth, wind, and fire. How we understand story can be a blueprint for understanding our lives. Things happen in seemingly random order, but if we pay attention to real events the way an author pays attention to story, we’re forced to look at cause and effect, and understanding cause and effect shows us the relatedness of
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