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Once upon a time families gathered around the radio to hear The Rest of the Story.
The Rest of the Story
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
The Rest of the Story
Life is filled with important lessons, and we tend to learn them in ways unique to our own life journey. I believe one such lesson lies within the phrase, The Rest of the Story.
This phrase illustrates a fundamental truth, that there is typically more to a story than we think. A few more phrases come to mind …
- More than Meets the Eye
- Two Sides to Every Story
- You Don’t Know the Half of It
- Well, Yes and No
- It’s Not Black and White
- It’s Complicated
A reality of human behavior is that we often jump to conclusions before having all the facts. This issue is amplified in our modern Internet Age by teaser headlines carefully crafted to evoke this kind of behavior.
How many times have you seen a headline and assumed what the article was about, only to find out later you were totally wrong?
I’ve done it plenty and felt like a fool every time.
Let’s rewind a few decades to a time before social media newsfeeds, popups, and clickbait, when it was a common thing for people to devote time out of their day to sit and read a newspaper or listen to a radio news program. Those of a certain age may recall a particular name from that era.
Since the 1940s, until his passing in 2009, the voice of Paul Harvey permeated American radio as one of the most recognizable on the air. His signature program was called, The Rest of the Story.
A gifted storyteller with a captivating delivery, signature tone, and entertaining taglines, Paul Harvey shared compelling and inspiring stories with millions of listeners for generations.
I recently heard one of his old recordings shared on social media and found myself taken back. Once upon a time, long before podcasts and Spotify, I tuned in to local AM radio for music and news. This is where I first heard Paul Harvey and his fantastic stories.
After listening to his story about an 1863 Civil War battle involving Captain LG Capers, I remembered how inspired I always was by Paul Harvey, so I knew there was a place for him on Eye of the Beholder.
I want to encourage you to take a trip back in time and listen to some archived recordings from the program and imagine.
Long-forgotten tales seldom heard or repeated can still inspire and teach us that there is usually more to a story than we realize.
My hope is that all of us will listen more intently, read more fully, and think more critically, to arrive at a well-informed conclusion before posting and tweeting our opinions so freely.
Good Day!
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