Originally Posted by
BlueChair 
This is a concept I picked up at Smart Recovery:
There are facts, and there are stories we tell about facts
Fact: He was late.
Story: He was late because he doesn’t care about being home in time for dinner, or about my feelings !!
Facts create feelings only when you turn them into a story. Stories create feelings, and feelings drive actions and determine how we feel about life, ourselves, and others.
That is so true. I have thought this myself. I have a friend who I've always said makes up her own stories. She will take a fact and do this out loud. So and so had a dirty look at a meeting (I didn't notice). She probably thought this and that about this and that and goes on and on until she comes to the conclusion of "I don't like her attitude." Huh, she didn't even DO anything, lol.
It's weird.
Kari