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No Comments Stepping into the Batter’s Box of Life
When I coached young baseball players preparing to bat I encouraged them by advising them that they are powerful. They have the ‘bat’. The bat was the instrument to ‘make a difference’. In the game of baseball it was their opportunity to advance the cause of their team.
In the ‘Batter’s Box of Life’ we also have a bat. It’s our Voice, more importantly our ‘Actions’. What we Say and Do matter. The Values we honor and model matter. They matter especially to our children.
What Values are the Capitol Building rioters, their enablers and supporters, and those promoting dangerous untruthful conspiracy theories teaching their children? Will their children grow up to respect nation and life-supporting Values of social equality, justice and democracy?
When one of my ballplayers struck out I would counsel them to learn from their experience and that there would be a ‘next time’. I also led the teammates to share encouragement for the ‘next time’. When one of our batters got a hit it lifted the hopes and expectations of all.
The recent US national election has been a ‘hit’. How we follow-up is vital. For the many who ‘struck out’ by not practicing community-enhancing Values, or worse working to undermine them, the ‘next time’ is Now. ‘Now’ to join Voices and Actions for advancing civil justice, equality, and opportunities for all – especially for your children – they are watching.
