Little Stories of Your Life is about gathering precious fragments that make up a life and holding those fragments to the light, looking for the stories within. As human beings our natural inclination is to search for meaning in our lives. This meaning is contained by the details of our own particular experiences and perspectives: the little stories that make up our lives. Through seeking out and sharing these little stories, we create a patchwork of tiny tales that tells something of our own unique life story and reveals a little of who we are. This book will teach readers to use words and photographs to capture precious moments of their everyday, and to communicate these moments in order to connect with others. In this busy, hyper-connected world obsessed with comparison, it's easy to feel that our own lives are not enough, but real lives are not defined by bright, exciting events: we don't need a grand narrative arc. It's the stretches of time in between that matter, the tiny moments and the daily choices that make us who we are. The smallest story can be incredibly powerful, particularly if it's recorded with heart and shared with honesty. Combining the wellbeing benefits of mindfulness, creativity, gratitude and daily photography,
Little Stories of Your Life will encourage readers to search out the truth and beauty in their everyday, to open up their field of vision and see the world with fresh eyes, whilst capturing precious memories. It consists of beautiful writing that resonates with the reader, research, personal stories, advice and mindful creative exercises.
Little Stories of Your Life is about slowing down and paying attention, developing the capacity to be delighted and astonished by quotidian moments, and giving readers the confidence to tell and record stories of their life, however little those stories might be.