We see the world not as it is but as we are.
Anaïs Nin ~ (1903 – 1977) was a Cuban-Spanish-French author.
We all see the world differently because of our unique upbringing, values and beliefs. I’m sometimes asked if we should be aiming for the truth in telling someone’s life story. I believe that as much as possible we should get locations, dates and names down accurately. But how a person recollects the unfolding of events is not for us to question. People in the same family will often interpret things differently. And that’s okay. Our work in recording and preserving a life story is to do justice to the telling of one person’s life as he or she perceives it.
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Thea // June 15, 2009 at 3:06 pm |
This is so true–Thanks for the affirmation of our personal stories!
Dan Curtis // June 16, 2009 at 3:44 pm |
@Thea. Thanks for dropping by. Appreciate your comments.