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31507ba Philosophic thoughts allow people to use human reason and imagination to consider eternal matters and explore the ramifications of their own transience. American author Joan Didion postulated that we tell ourselves stories in order to live. Conceivably a personal crisis propels a person to delve into creating a guiding philosophy for living with reduced mental and emotional turmoil. Alternatively, perhaps we tell stories to examine, explain, and justify our failures. story story-of-life story-of-my-life story-of-your-life writing-memoir telling-stories story-of-a-soul memoir-writing storytelling Kilroy J. Oldster