ABSTRACT
There are really only two kinds of stories: those that we tell to others and those that someone else tells to us. While all stories are true (in the sense that all are a reflection of different states of the human mind), they are also metaphors for life experience; for they are mirrors in which we see facets of ourselves. Good stories, like our dreams, are full of symbolic images where different aspects of the psyche are highlighted. Our subconscious often recognizes these symbols while our conscious mind does not.
