Kora Musician Baba the Storyteller

The following proverb was created by a young girl who lives just outside of San Francisco, California. She gave it to me as a gift following an appearance I made at her school, where I performed and gave workshops.

She approached me on my last day at the school, gave me a big, tight hug and told me that she had a gift for me that I was not to open until I got back to Los Angeles.

Her proverb has, “officially,” become my most favorite proverb in the whole wide world:

“A story is like a garden carried in a pocket.”

Thank you Sharie, I’ll treasure this gift forever!