In the beginning, there was darkness.  Then there was an explosion and you burst onto the scene.  From the beginning, you have been living your story.  Since you began to experience the world, you have been telling yourself stories.  Let’s face it, you have mainly been lying to yourself.  Trapped inside ourselves, we are obsessed with ourselves.  I call these stories or lies, our personal narratives.  Our craving for significance triggers our ego to inflate the importance of the encounter or experience.  We want validation and recognition from others for the challenges we have faced.  The cultural narrative has shifted from personal responsibility to abdication of responsibility.  The media, government, and business communities tirelessly work to propagate this abdication of responsibility.  They can’t be blamed for this behavior because they bought the story too!  If they realized that the narrative they spread...