A traveler has a right to relate and embellish his adventures as he pleases, and it is very impolite to refuse that the deference and applause they deserve.
~ Baron Munchausen
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I think that we tell more about our truths through our embellishments than through our accurately retelling of our adventures. We may not capture the play-by-play of our lives with 100% accuracy (as if that was even possible), but we do reveal what is important to us.
If we tell of pain and suffering and sadness, we expose that those are things to which we are drawn. If we tell of joy and happiness, then those are the compelling themes of our lives. If we talk of music and friendship, those are our foundations. If we talk of children and beauty and nature, then those are the places where we find peace.
And if we obsess about chicken wings and loud music and bodily functions, we are probably 13 year old boys.
I think maybe the theme of my life focuses on photography and humor and the themes of life. Which is different than the circle of life. I'm not lion.
(pause)
I'm really sorry I typed that. Not sorry enough to erase it, but sorry nonetheless.
