12/04/2026
Hello sovereign light
Welcome to Sunday afternoon story time....These are longer posts of stories that have been around for awhile enjoying many shares over the years. I hope you enjoy my lazy Sunday afternoon story time.
Today’s story is a tender reminder that the tales we tell ourselves can shape our lives, sometimes in ways we don’t even notice.
We all have stories… about our past, our pain, our limitations, and the parts of us we believe are unchangeable. But what if those stories are not who we truly are? What if they’re simply chapters we’ve outgrown?
Let’s take a moment to breathe, to soften, and to listen to a story that invites us to release what no longer serves us… and to step into the freedom of who we really are.
This week our story is quite a lengthy one again. I hope you enjoy it.
You Are Not Your Story - by Karl Moore
For thousands of years, human beings have been wonderful storytellers. There is a built-in yearning to get drawn into a story, to lose ourselves in the drama of the moment, to share our tales with the world.
Modern storytellers include movie producers and politicians, actors and artists, mothers and fathers. As a society, we respect and admire great storytellers. That is why films and television shows have become so immensely popular. They tell stories.
And we each love our own stories too.
I have a ghost story about a house I once lived in, and it gets spookier and more intricate every time I tell it. It is guaranteed to make your hairs stand on end, and I revel in telling it.
But by far the most common stories we tell are the stories about ourselves.
We tell ourselves we are great at sport. We are pretty good at karaoke, but we get nervous singing in front of family. We love tomatoes, but they make us feel a bit sick unless they are cored. We keep falling back into abusive relationships, no matter how hard we try not to.
These are our own mini stories, and often they are harmless enough.
It is when our stories start to hold us back that they become a problem.
“My name is Michael and I am an alcoholic.”
“I am Jason, and I am a failed father and a drug addict.”
“Yes, I am Kyle, and I am a homosexual with intimacy problems.”
Sometimes our stories restrict us. They define us as a very particular type of person and lock us into our own self-created prison. Our stories pigeon-hole us.
Not only that, but we also build on them, much like I do with my ghost story. We make them bigger and more dramatic with each telling. We give the stories more power. Soon our original story becomes irrelevant, and the new story takes on a life of its own.
They eventually begin to lead us. They cripple us.
We carry the weight of our stories with us each day. They stop us from experiencing true freedom. They limit us to a particular way of being, and yet we continue holding on to them.
To use an Eastern term, our stories are our attachments.
However, not everyone lives like this. Those who enjoy true freedom, those who are genuinely self-developed, know this simple fact.
You are not your story.
Whatever powerful story you can tell about your terrible past, how you have always failed time and time again, how life has dealt you an unfair hand, how things were just plain wrong, how you cannot break the addiction.
You are still not your story.
Past results are not indicative of future performance. What you were is not what you are. It is just what happened to you. It is not you. You are not your story. You are not your emotions. You are not your past.
And if you could just learn to let go of your story, you would instantly release all of your baggage. You could start today the way you would like to, without limitation, without issues, without attachments, without unwanted stories.
To some degree, our stories provide comfort. It is the devil you know. The sick safety blanket. They allow us to indulge in self-pity and enjoy a little sympathetic attention.
But it is pointless holding on to the story because it is limiting you today.
So make a decision right now to be the change you wish to see in your life.
Right now, make the decision to be the change you wish to see in your life.
Sit back and think of the stories you have formed about your life. All those stories about how your marriage started falling apart, and how you have been trying to rescue it ever since. Stories about the time you were bullied, and how it made you feel suicidal. Stories about how life sometimes stinks, especially yours.
Think about one of your stories. Then ask yourself, can I let this story go?
Can I drop this story, even if it is a good one? Can I release this story? Can I unclench the tight fist I have around this story? Can I let go of desperately holding on to it and making it part of me?
And if you can, just do it. Let go. Breathe out and release. Feel it drop away.
Do not go into it. Do not analyze the details. Do not dig around to find a hidden lesson. Just ask yourself if you can drop the story. And if you can, do it.
Because your story, really, is ultimately just that. A story.
People cling to stories because they think they give their life meaning.
But life does not have meaning. The meaning of life is the meaning you bring to life.
What meaning would you like your life to have?
Make a decision to shape your own story starting today, and you will discover true freedom and happiness unfolding in your own wonderful life.
With love, light and release
Michelle, Angels Heart
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