Wisdom of Ages

Our kind have told stories since the beginning of time, roughly 2 billion years ago. Imagine if you will a caveman playing charades and you'll have a good idea of the first stories our ancestors shared. The mental image of trying to explain the name of common objects without using language is how we started sharing names for things and ourselces. According to historians we developed language circa to forge social bonds and entrain transgenerational connections. By passing on the beliefs, knowledge, memories, values, and experiences of one generation to the next Stories can transmit dangers, trauma and oppression, and foster resilience across generations that affect the physical and mental health of communities and individuals over multiple generations.  A example of transgenerational trauma is the experience of Indigenous people who have suffered from colonization, genocide, and marginalization for centuries. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Native communities,