Metaphoric Genius

Do you remember the last time that you heard a good story?

Remember how the words painted a picture in your imagination. The words painted pictures so that we imagined bringing to life in our minds those words which we heard.

Metaphors make the world go around. Our minds think in metaphors.

This is why Jesus preached using metaphors because the mind retains and understand that which was unknown much better with metaphoric pictures.

Now let me share with you the three types of metaphor that I want to share with you.

Educational Metaphors-Are metaphors that teach people and educating them. The best educational metaphors enlighten people. They are the kinds of metaphors that are simple plain and profound.

Here are a couple:

Life is a baseball game where you cannot score unless you step up to the plate and take your best swings at the pitches thrown at you.

Antonio is a thief of hearts. Ladies look out.

Personal Metaphors_ Are metaphors that are tailor made to fit those who you are delivering a message. If you are talking with a lawyer you would use metaphors that are familiar with them? If you were speaking to a doctor you would use metaphors that are familiar?

Here are two examples of them:

Metaphor 4 lawyer
Joey says he loves you but his actions gives powerful testimony against him.

Metaphor for a Doctor
Professionally, I don't like the way this guy operates.

Notice how the both of these metaphoric statements take familiar things that are familiar with both parties and utilizes them in a sentence to paint a picture for them to understand more clearer.

Action Based Metaphor- Tells a story filled with action bringing it to life.

Here is an example:

My problems were coming faster than I could duck, block or dodge them.

Now you know all three types of metaphors. Let me let you in on a little secret.

Are you ready for it?

The most powerful metaphors that you can use is by combining all three types into one. First get used to using each one and then learn how you can combine all three together in a one shot deal.

I'm gonna close with a paragraph created from action based sentence that combines all three for you.

My problems were coming faster than I could duck, block or dodge them.
They were pounding upon me in rapid succession. Before I knew it my body became a folding chair. I tried catching my balance but I ended up on the canvass with blurry vision. However, something within me knew I had to get back on my feet eve with blurred vision. So I grabbed a hold of the ropes pulling myself up from the mat.