What’s your story ?

All of us carry a story in our minds. Every little thing we see, hear, or experience—we interpret it, give it meaning, and slowly, those interpretations become part of a bigger story we tell ourselves. Over time, these stories shape our beliefs, our values, and even the way we react to people and situations. They become the lens through which we view the world and ourselves.

You’ve probably heard the saying, “It’s all in the mind.” It might sound simple, but it holds a profound truth. Every emotion, every belief, every wound—we carry them in our minds through the stories we create. Sometimes, we get so attached to a certain version of ourselves, a particular character in our story, that we find it hard to break free. We begin to live as if that one narrative is the only truth.

That doesn’t mean bad things don’t happen to us. Of course they do. Pain is real, and feeling hurt is a part of being human. But what really affects us long-term is not just the event—it’s how we continue to relive it, how we hold on to the story we tell ourselves about it.

You might have seen people who shut themselves off, who live only within the walls of their own narrative, unwilling to let anyone else in. There’s no space for new perspectives, new stories—only the familiar script on repeat.

But what if, in those quiet moments when our thoughts start to turn heavy, we didn’t have to follow them all the way down? What if we could gently step back from the stories that make us feel small or stuck? And what if, for every harsh or doubtful thought, we could offer ourselves just one kind, grounding word in return—something that reminds us we our more than our hardest moments? Imagine how our inner world might begin to shift. Imagine how the story we tell ourselves could slowly start to change—toward something more hopeful, more whole.

Because in the end, we are all storytellers. And maybe the most powerful thing we can do is choose to write a kinder, braver, more compassionate story—starting with the one we tell ourselves.

Linnet Tembulkar