by Stephanie Benedetto | Apr 18, 2020 | Awakened Thoughts, Stories
You were born on the back of a sleeping tiger. Have you forgotten? One twitch of its tail can send you hurtling into nothingness. And even now as it slumbers and you are nestled in its fur, at any moment that can change, it may wake and you may find yourself trapped...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Apr 10, 2020 | Stories
I love being by myself. Sometimes, I feel alone, which isn’t nearly as much fun. In those moments, I hear a voice urging me to question the thought. Is it true that I am alone? It doesn’t feel true. It feels as if there is something always with me. “Remember,” the...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Apr 5, 2020 | Stories
Once the children of the earth played and sang together with wild abandon. They came together to build bridges over lakes and streams, plant trees and harvest their fruits. They wove wild flowers through their hair and played games in ripe fields. Then one day, Poison...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Apr 4, 2020 | Podcast, Stories
Listen to this on the Wild Creation Stories Podcast here: Once there was a god without a name. He was born without parents or siblings, and there was no one to teach him what he was. So to entertain himself, he became a trickster. The trickster god did what tricksters...
by Stephanie Benedetto | Mar 21, 2020 | Awakened Thoughts
Once, a long time ago, a woman wondered, “What happens when you die?” She was so obsessed with the thought that she was determined to find out. The woman lay down on the floor, closed her eyes, and imagined herself dead. She felt her limbs go stiff in rigor mortis as...
