Stories have profound way of impacting life. How effectively they are told and how the meaning unfolds to the listener is what makes the real difference. Well I had this thought while listening to one of the priests preach. He made on interesting point though....Often the essence of a story is lost and what remains with the listener is just the story. How true. Totally unaware was of this very interesting mail shared by friend some time back and I could not have understood its meaning or rather its essence earlier as I have understood it now and it will surely stay with forever. Contents of the mail are shared below. Hope you to get the essence. Why we tell stories… There was once a disciple of a great teacher. Day after day the disciple would sit at the feet of his teacher listening to his instruction. Many people would come to visit and inevitably the teacher would engage them by telling a story. One day the disciple asked; "Guruji, why do you...