Yesterday, we celebrated the life of Martin Luther King Jr., one of our country’s greatest leaders. I’m in no way a civil right scholar, but I would say if Dr. King were alive today, his dreams would probably include the following:
~ A dream of looking past gender and race when discussing candidates in any election, especially the presidency.
~ A dream that Americans wake up to the world’s needs — we need to take a good look around the globe to see how our insatiable hunger for oil and consumable goods is putting millions of lives in peril.
~ A dream that we extend a hand in peace and try to be gracious and kind always.
~ A dream that we rekindle our relationship with faith and in turn, treat our bodies, our land and our communities with greater respect.
~A dream that we work together to prevent these sorts of tragedies from continuing.
Call me naive, stupid to the world’s ways, silly or whatever you’d like — but I believe I will help see some of these issues through. Happily, I’m a dreamer.
~K