HISTORY. WHOSE STORY?

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History,

perhaps the teller’s perspective

and context

for current conditions and situations, woven into a story,

populated and embellished

by dates, facts, and events.

History,

maybe the teller’s reverse engineering of today’s observations.

The teller’s values and purposes,

possibly on display

and served by the story,

… history.

Whose story?

Tell your own story.

Legacy,

the in-crowd and outsiders,

heroes, villains,

victims, perpetrators,

jacks and jokers

are born in the story.

.

Pride and shame abide in the story.

The teller decides

which dates, facts, and events

to include

and exclude.

The teller establishes

the importance

or insignificance

of it all.

Allocation of resources reflect the

story, is explained by the story,

reinforce the story.

Aspiration and desperation

are offspring of the story.

History. Whose story?

The future

could be the brainchild

of the teller

of the story.

Whose story?

Tell your own story.

Make it good.

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Tekla A. Syers

— Tekla A. Syers resides in Chicago as a student and teacher of metaphysics; smitten grandmother, dabbler in culinary arts; semi-retired fund development and nonprofit management consultant; and a craftswoman. She enjoys music and art in myriad forms and makes time to observe and reflect on why folks and things are as they are.

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