Blood is to Oxygen, as a Story is to a Lesson / Point.
Blood carries oxygen to the muscles, providing fuel for achievement. Stories carry lessons to the mind, providing fuel for achievement.
Is it any wonder, “heartless” people despise stories? The heart pumps oxygen enriched blood to the muscles, the “heart” pumps lesson enriched stories to the mind for wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
The human body is designed for breaths of air to fill the lungs, the lungs filter off the oxygen, releasing it into the blood stream. This is a very simplified explanation. The blood saturates the muscles, carrying and depositing oxygen and nutrients in the appropriate spots. The oxygen is internalized for use. Oxygen allows muscles to grow, improve and achieve. Muscles do operate anaerobically for a short period of time, depending upon conditioning. Most people, the sane ones, would put up a strong fight if someone attempted to inject oxygen directly into their muscles. Direct injection lacks attributes of long term feasibility.
Just as oxygen is most effective when carried to the muscle by the body’s blood; a lesson is most effective when carried to the mind by a story. Stories saturate our mind, depositing the lessons in the appropriate spots. The lesson is internalized for use. These internalized lessons allow us to grow, improve and achieve. Most people, the sane ones, put up strong mental fights if we attempt inject a point directly into mind.
Jesus spoke in parable, stories carrying eternal lessons. Often times, the disciples and others around him failed to initially grasp the parable’s meaning.
Share your lessons with family, peers, and colleagues with stories.
See Christ, Believe Christ, Achieve with Christ!
Rick E. Meyer
www.rickemeyer.com
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