Everyone Has A Story To Tell

from Volume 5 — Compassion and Empathy.

Dalmation Press

Works by Robert Neff

Everyone has a story to tell
Watch them with your eyes
Their beauty is in the story
Watch as the words unfold before you
Hear them bare their soul and respect the treasures they have found
The treasures which they hold dear

Everyone has a story to tell
Their fortune is painted in their eyes
They speak of life’s rewards and pain
Look to see the agony and hardships
Traits earned by birth
Character tested by trials and tribulations
Tears worn throughout the years without malice
Carried to their grave with pride and dignity

Everyone has a story to tell
Watch their hands twitch as the years are recalled
See the emotion on their lips
Feel them inhale the air needed to tell their story
Each breath taken telegraphs their emotion
The breath they need to weave their story
Hear their trials and tribulations and understand

Everyone has a story to tell
Feel their hands take hold of yours
Feel them squeeze yours to gather strength
Appreciate their respect for life
Understand the strength they unknowingly give

Everyone has a story to tell
Here is your chance to be a part of their story
Just listen to their song
Watch as it unfolds before you
Cherish this gift they give freely
Hold what you have been given
Share their story and become the storyteller
Carry their emotion on your breath
Grab someone’s hand
Look into their eyes
Share with them the gift you were just given
Their words must not be lost

Their story may live on from one generation to the next
Because the generations must know
The weight that was carried for us

Robert Neff

Volume 5 — Compassion and Empathy.

When someone conveys their story, they provide a means for us to understand their perspective of their past and present struggles. We must be able to identify with their perspective. This allows us to understand their story not only from our thoughts and interpretation, but also through their eyes.

These are the lives that live among us, yet we are blind to their presence. We need to be touched inside to remind us we are human. We listeners must understand and appreciate the struggles around us.

Unfortunately, I have found there is a shortage of compassion and empathy in our world. Hence, one of my goals is to stir the reader’s emotions.

I consider Compassion and Empathy to be Reconnecting With Life’s keystone.