On YouTube, I look at small moments in Pinocchio's story.
Often, I recognize something from my own experience.
I keep being surprising by where those connections lead.

On Facebook, I approach similar questions from another direction.
I start with my own experience.
And I'm curious to hear what others make of it.

Collodi created an extraordinary playground for us.
Full of possibilities.
New ones keep appearing.
In a way that continues to amaze me.
But even the most wonderful playground cannot bring itself to life.
It needs play.
Would you like to come along?

Imagine stepping onto a playground.
We begin to play with what’s there.
We see where our curiosity and imagination take us.
We don’t tell others how to play.
And we remain respectful of the playground itself.
Collodi created it with such ingenuity.

Take Pinocchio's nose:
Does it really grow because he lies?
I'm not so sure.
The first time it grows, he doesn’t have a mouth yet.
Geppetto is still carving him.
The second time, he again says nothing at all.
And later, when he does lie:
Sometimes his nose grows.
And sometimes it doesn't.
On one occasion, it even grows shorter.
So what could the nose react to?

For me, Pinocchio’s story offers fascinating perspectives:
On how we experience the world.
On the choices we make.
And on how we change through experience.

Would you like to know more?

On Amazon you can check my book The Power of Pinocchio.
It takes us along Pinocchio's journey.
It offers surprising connections to ancient teachings.
And invites us to reflect on our own lives.

Once upon a time…

“Ah, a fairy tale,” you might think.
In a way, you would be right.
Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio certainly reads like one. And yet.
Perhaps there's more to discover in its pages.
If we just changed the way we look at it:
What could we see?