🔦📒 Highlights & NotesĪ character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it is the basic structure of a good story. And when you stop expecting material possessions to complete you, you’d be surprised at how much pleasure you get in material possessions. When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.
He said, “Don, when something hard happens to you, you have two choices in how to deal with it. Josh told me something I’ll never forget. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. It’s like that with writing books, and it’s like that with life. It’s going to sound like a great idea, and you are going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you’re not going to want to do it. Here’s the truth about telling stories with your life. How our life is just one big story with substories. I also learned a lot about stories in general. He'd pull you in with some obstacle that had to be overcome, and at the end, you'd have learned some meaningful lesson.
There were many great lessons in there, too.
Donald Miller was to have a movie done about his life.
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