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BACKSTORY
BACKSTORY
Hey, what's the backstory on the word, "backstory"?
I never heard anyone use that word before 1990.
But I hear it a lot these past few years. I do.
Maybe things are happening too, too fast.
Maybe we know everything can be out of context.
Maybe this is a way of showing more listening.
Maybe if I hear your backstory, you'll hear my story.
Okay, your story is that you hurt your back. Uh oh.
That backstory changed your story, changed your life.
Then what happened? Tell me the rest of your story.
I never heard anyone use that word before 1990.
But I hear it a lot these past few years. I do.
Maybe things are happening too, too fast.
Maybe we know everything can be out of context.
Maybe this is a way of showing more listening.
Maybe if I hear your backstory, you'll hear my story.
Okay, your story is that you hurt your back. Uh oh.
That backstory changed your story, changed your life.
Then what happened? Tell me the rest of your story.
© Andy Costello, Reflections
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