Life is a story

It does seem that life in general tends to get in the way of me writing this blog each day and i have to play catch up a lot of the time ...I haven't set a particular time for writing so it tends to happen when the mood takes me and i'm sure you can see that it doesn't always take me very far .. She is a fickle mistress, writing.

Monday: Early morning to see Adriana off. Spent the rest of the day in a semi-daze of sleepiness. Thats my excuse for not writing yesterday .. not very strong i know and it wouldn't stand up in court but, hey, you're not going to sue me are you??

Tuesday: Spending most of the day reading and writing. Thinking and learning..

I have been thinking about comparing peoples lives to stories and how the main elements of stories relate to them.

Theme: The belief and way in which the world is viewed.. Affecting everything that you do. The underlying curent of your existence.

Plot: All the things that happen in your life and how you respond. The choices you make and the results that follow.

Conflict: A big interest in any good story is the interaction of the character against whatever is set against them. As so in life; without conflict you have nothing to push aginst or strive for.

Setting: Where you are and what is happening in the world around you. How this affects you and what you feel towards it.

Character: You. Everything that has made you what you are and everything that you are aiming for. As with a story, in life if you have no good sense of the character then it can all seem meaningless.

All of these parts have to be balanced in a good story and too much concentration on one can disrupt the rest. A lack of another can also reduce the story to a bunch of words on a page.

Character developmentis an issue i have been mulling over. Without some change in the character in the story, some lesson learned or obsticle overcome it is very hard to see it as any more than a description of events rather than a story.
If we were constantly reacting based on our past we would never change and remain the same throuought our adult life. I feel that understanding the how's and why's of us and using that knowledge to develop is one of the main purposes of life. Indeed it may be the only one, but i will not go so far as to sugest i think i know the answer to life:)