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ChrisJerri S.
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August 21, 2007 Six Word Memoirs (Can You Write Your Life in Six Words)
February 08, 2008 11:43 AM EST
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This was on NPR's Talk of the Nation, yesterday - Six-Word Memoirs: Life Stories Distilled Once Ernest Hemingway was asked to write a full-length story in six words. His response was: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." Less can often be more. Can you write your life story in six words? Or at least segments of your life, as we wear many hats. Would your words be fitting for your headstone? Summing up our lives in six words could definitely be therapy. I could see this as a form of perfecting our law of attraction skills. If we find our six words depressing, change our words, - change our lives. Here are some from those famous and not so famous: Stephen Colbert (Well, I thought it was funny). One caller to the show said: Never loved, always rejected, good anyway. Another wrote in: Sleep, work, eat, rinse and repeat. A knitter wrote: Just let me finish this row. I will meditate on this to come up with some. These won't be on my headstone, as I plan on cremation; but for now here are a couple of my own that come to me: Hot Chai Latte, learning to write. Re-inventing at mid-life, looking for youth. Re-inventing at mid-life, looking for wisdom. What are yours? To hear the program: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18768430
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Comments: 48
Monica, love it; although I would somehow have to eliminate something and squeeze in dark.
That would be my six words to describe me or my life.
It's not the years from beginning to end. It's the dash in between.
1960 - 2007
What I want on my tombstone: Finally getting some rest.
Blessings to all...
Still trying to finish the chapter.
I think mine would have to be:
Remembering to love the small things.