We must learn to live together as brothers.

or perish together as fools.
-Martin Luther King Jr.

I watched a video today in World Religions that discussed the life, accomplishments, temporary falls, and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I always knew he was a great man. I just never knew how great. He is truly a gift from God, an incredible and miraculous individual. People all wanted the same thing, but he had the courage to make a move, to START A MOVEMENT.
No one accomplished anything in a matter of immediate timing. Moses did not escape Pharaoh's wrath in a day. Rome, of course, was not built in a day. He started a movement, that exerted echoes which were felt monumentally. I would give anything to have an impact that large. He serves as an example to me, that i am capable of just about anything. He serves as an example to everyone, that everyone is capable of something. He saw everyone as equal. He saw everyone as no one but God's children. He saw hate as a waste of energy and Love as the only real duty that we have to each other. Honestly, any one who feels as strong about Love and kins gestures as i do, is a remarkable person; especially when sincerity is nearing extinction. He would have made a great president, no doubt in my mind. Educated, Sincere, Moral (despite a few mistakes) and Genuine. In this day in age, it's nearly impossible to take any of the two preceding and find them combined. I wish we all had HALF the amount of passion this man did. The passion to make a movement. The passion to better the reality of the present, so that we could endure the hopeful dreams of the future. If I have ever had a hero, seriously and most respectfully, he is IT.

I am ashamed that his works and efforts, had he been alive today, would be faced with the mediocrity of today's celebrities, today's language, and today's monotonous disrespect of everyday life. However, i do not doubt, with any bone in my body, or thought in my head, that he would be PROUD of the progress we have made. No more everyday brutality against those with the slightest bit of color to their skin. No more protesting for equality. We face conflicts every single day, and always will, yet we must remember to carry on his virtues and legacies and to not go back to old ways. Progress moves forward, and his efforts are not to be regressed upon in action. We are living proof that change is possible. We are history.


He fostered traits of Mohandas aka Mahatma Gandhi and i admire both of these men deeply. I am an advocate for love; in that everyone should adopt love and should practice sincerity. Hatred, hostility, and selfishness has become far too common to deny the presence of reconciliation and brotherhood. Small, acts of kindness is what allows us all to get by in some way throughout the day. A simple smile is all we truly need. Of course, some do not take to kindness as well as others, but we must show them that it is so much easier and more enjoyable to love than to disperse unkindness to our peers and strangers on the street. We are all in the same boat struggling deep down to get by, why not Love one another to make the struggle that much more bearable?

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
-Martin Luther King Jr.

"You can murder a hater, but you can't murder hate; And what we're trying to get rid of is hate."
-Martin Luther King Jr.


Someone buy me the full DVD for me? It's the History Channel's special on Martin Luther King Jr.