Your story, in six words

Posted by Rubyslippers @triciaot, Jun 23, 2024

Are you familiar with the Six Word Story?
“A six-word story is an entire story told in six words. It is a short narrative that can have all of the emotional themes of longer stories—from funny to dramatic, sad to scary. It can be poetic or straightforward.”

Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. Others gave their own spin into the six-word novel - a personal twist to describe a life in exactly six words, sometimes called these Six-Word Memoirs.
https://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/
“While these quick stories don’t have the classic beginning, middle, and end of a traditional storyline, they have a subject and verb that give the reader a sense of what’s happened and a bit of conflict.”
https://lib.pstcc.edu/sixwordstory.
6 Word Story Examples
http://www.sixwordstories.net/
Here are a few of my favorites, including living through disease treatment:

Lost myself in my own labyrinth
Taking control of my own boat
Discover manage weep repeat heal survive
Disbelief anxiety fortitude bravery live on
Multitudes stand together at bell ringing
What came of it was life

Do you have a Six Word Story to share?

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Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Jun 27 11:02pm

@covidstinks2023
What do you believe Selah to mean?
Jake

simonenyc | @simonenyc | Jun 27 11:04pm

I felt better before I knew.

covidstinks2023 | @covidstinks2023 | Jun 28 7:26am

In reply to @jakedduck1 "@covidstinks2023 What do you believe Selah to mean? Jake" + (show)

Leonard, "Selah" means to meditate on this. I was in agreement with what Captboat used as his 6 words. I wrote "Amen" 5 times and then the word "Selah" as my 6th word.
Captboad answered "I sought the Lord....He answered". In other words, Amen means agreement and Selah means meditate on what Captboat said. Selah is mentioned several times in the Psalms.

I hope this answers your question. Selah is mentioned 74 times in the Bible. 71 times in
the Psalms and 3 times in the book of Habakkuk.

Have a blessed day Leonard. Blessings.....

kimmiesue | @kimmiesue | Jun 28 11:24am

Itching breathing testing, appointments specialists , questions

Becky, Volunteer Mentor | @becsbuddy | Jun 28 2:23pm

In reply to @simonenyc "I felt better before I knew." + (show)

@simonenyc Welcome to Mayo Clinic! I hope you’ve been learning from all the different discussions . Is there anything in particular that we can help you with? Again, Welcome!!

SusanEllen66 | @SusanEllen66 | Jun 28 11:42pm

Forever in a state of flux.

jdoherty2025 | @jdoherty2025 | Jun 29 2:51pm

Wouldn’t wish GBS/CIDP on worst enemy

captboat | @captboat | Jun 29 3:50pm

Prayer, the only weapon not concealable.

Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Jun 30 11:06am

In reply to @jdoherty2025 "Wouldn’t wish GBS/CIDP on worst enemy" + (show)

Hi @jdoherty2025 I’m so sorry to hear you’re dealing with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and Guillain-Barre syndrome! To say you’ve been through the wringer with neurological issues is a huge understatement.

We have other members in our forum who have similar experiences with CIDP and GBS. So let me give you a couple of links to help you meet them.

~CIDP diagnosis (Posted by @skyley earlier this year)
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cidp-diagnosis/
~CIDP-GBS (posted by @bjbates53 https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cidpgbs/

What type of treatments are you receiving?