“When pushed, provoked, inspired or spirited, I speak in story. I tend to believe that who we are and how we make sense of the world comes from the stories that we tell and retell one another. We inform one another, we persuade one another, and we construct one another - for better and for worse. To that extent, I try to listen to everything all the time. No matter where I am, or who I’m with, or what I’m going through, I listen. I listen to, and collect, stories. Overheard, gathered, gleaned, and given to me. Some, maybe even my own. And sometimes, I share what I find. Perhaps in the retelling of these stories, in the interpretation of them, I may learn something new about you…something new about me.”