Simple thoughts on MLK Day

 

My friend Pat posted the thoughts above on Facebook a few days ago.

I loved the message. 

It's a message for every day, every place we go, for every person with whom we come in contact. 

I was thinking about Martin Luther King Day over the weekend and figuring I'd post a few of his famous thoughts, like I've done a few times in the past.

Martin Luther King Day always brings out the altruistic wishes and desires we have for the world in which we live.  

We talk about them and maybe make an attempt to act on them.  Then time moves on until next year's Martin Luther King celebration. 

Along that journey around the sun to next year comes Earth Day where we once again make known our wishes for the Earth. 

Then, we move on. 

Seems to me that we should put into practice the goals and wishes of each of these special days every single day of the year, not just during their annual celebrations. 

That's why I like the words above, posted by Pat.  

I believe the little gestures of kindness, consideration, respect and love of our fellow humans, animals and the earth, performed on a daily basis, all add up. 

When this happens, the lofty goals to which we aspire on Martin Luther King Day or Earth Day or any other holiday inspiring us to be at our best will be reached. 

If we do that, the famous, oft-quoted thoughts of Dr. King, like the words below, can edge even closer to reality and our Earth will become a better place for all of us. 

  “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'”

“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”