At the heart of a story, one in which we believe to be true…

Want to be true…

Even go as far to defend being true…

What we find is a myth. It’s not a historical account of what really occurred and if we had only paid attention to the signs, we could’ve avoided the pain of finding out.

We could react by admonishing it, throwing it away and curse ourselves for ever believing it in the first place. Or, we can take a different approach.

We can ask, what is the purpose of telling a story?

Why does the myth exist in the first place?

What was the lesson this was trying to achieve?

How did it inspire people to think differently, live differently and strive for something more?

When you can answer those, you’ll come to appreciate why the myth still lives.