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Write Your Own Narrative in Life



“I don’t ever want to lose the legend and lore surrounding these great athletes because they were shunned by baseball,” Kendrick said in a phone interview. “The oral accounts of what these players did is still important to me. You can never tell the true story of the Negro Leagues with numbers. You just won’t.”
--Bob Kendrick, President, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

In the WP story (Jan 5, 2021), Kendrick explains his concerns about the plan of the MLB to recognize the Negro Leagues as Major Leagues.

Kendrick's concern can help us recognize the dilemma of maintaining an important part of our identity while linking our identity to a new relationship that has the potential to either overshadow our primary identity or enhance our primary identity.

These "social mergers" are dynamic. Relationships and associations change identities.

Fortunately for Kendrick, he has a museum full of stories to support a distinct identity. We would do well to establish and continue to direct our own stories in life. Some associations with friends, businesses, religious groups, and political groups can overshadow our identity if we let them. We can lose ourselves in groups that have dominant voices.

When we fail to write our own narrative,
we are at the mercy of others to identify who we are.

We may not have a museum to tell our story for future generations, but we do have our story and we can find ways to share it. When we fail to write our own narrative, we are at the mercy of others to identify who we are--that can be good or bad depending on the storyteller.

Our photos, videos, shares, posts, emails, blogs, articles, books, talks, and conversations tell our story. They tell others our values, beliefs, and so much of what is important in this life. May we like Kendrick celebrate our own identity and successes when forming relationships and joining organizations.

Note

The Negro Leagues in America were formed during an era of segregation. The Museum in Kansas City, MO tells the story of these athletes who were not welcomed in the White Leagues until the color-line was broken in 1945 by Jackie Robinson.

Museum Link https://nlbm.com/




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