"If you want to be important—wonderful.
And you can be that servant."
Excerpted from Dr. Martin Luther King's speech "The Drum Major Instinct"
But it was images such as this (and much, much worse) that made me fully understand why Dr. King never gave up hope and ultimately gave his life, striving for peace. He desired a world in which his children, and other people's children, no matter what their color, could live together in peace and harmony.
If you want to be recognized—wonderful.
If you want to be great—wonderful.
But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.
That's a new definition of greatness.
And this morning, the thing that I like about it: by giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, (Everybody) because everybody can serve.
You don't have to have a college degree to serve.
You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve.
You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve.
You don't have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve.
You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve.
You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.
And you can be that servant."
Excerpted from Dr. Martin Luther King's speech "The Drum Major Instinct"
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While living in Georgia I had the privilege to visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta. I took my daughter, and her best friend, both 16 at the time, because I felt it would be a moment that could effect the rest of their lives and how they lived them.
While living in Georgia I had the privilege to visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta. I took my daughter, and her best friend, both 16 at the time, because I felt it would be a moment that could effect the rest of their lives and how they lived them.
It was lovely to see the home he was born in and the church where he preached, but it was the images in the Civil Rights Walk of Fame exhibition that changed us all.
Images that reminded us that Dr. King was not just a civil rights leader, minister and Nobel prize winner.
He was a husband and his wife loved him deeply.
He was also a devoted father.
But it was images such as this (and much, much worse) that made me fully understand why Dr. King never gave up hope and ultimately gave his life, striving for peace. He desired a world in which his children, and other people's children, no matter what their color, could live together in peace and harmony.
My son is currently studying Dr. King in school. Sweet boy is in 1st grade and he has a dream.
"I have a dream too. My dream is to have pes (peace) to the world."
Be peaceful.
