It's Martin Luther King Day.
M L K's actual Birthday was on Saturday. January 15th.
He would have turned 92.
On February 4, 1968, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, in speaking about how he wished to be remembered after his death, King stated:
I'd like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King Jr. tried to give his life serving others. I'd like for somebody to say that day that Martin Luther King Jr. tried to love somebody. I want you to say that day that I tried to be right on the war question. I want you to be able to say that day that I did try to feed the hungry. I want you to be able to say that day that I did try in my life to clothe those who were naked. I want you to say on that day that I did try in my life to visit those who were in prison. And I want you to say that I tried to love and serve humanity. Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major. Say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind.
And it's something we all need to remember.
Hard winter outside these cold W U I N studios.
Snowbound city today.
But people are out there helping.
Pushing vehicles stuck in the snow.
Drivers giving rides to those stranded with N TRANSIT stalled.
Neighbors checkin'on each other.
Helping shovel out driveways.
Bringing hot food and warmth to the poor.
Bringing winter clothes. Bringing shelter to those who got no roof.
We can do it.
We can do it.
But we need to do it all year round.
Some do. Some do. But we collectively need to.
Small gestures. Small gifts. That mean a lot.
And that Covid Devil is still running loose.
Remember these two M L K Quotes on this stormy winter day:
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
And... ... ...
"The time is always right to do what is right."
Amen. Selah.
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