The Moth Presents: All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown

by Catherine Burns

the audience listened and laughed and winced and they clapped at the end and I felt like I’d walked through fire and been embraced and loved.

Honesty matters. Vulnerability matters. Being open about who you were at a moment in time when you were in a difficult or an impossible place matters more than anything.

The number-one quality of all great storytellers is their willingness to be vulnerable, to tell on themselves in front of thousands. Each story told is a gift to the listeners.