Martin Luther King, Jr.

I urge everyone to take the time to watch the entirety of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Until today, I honestly don't think I have. Most people, including myself, have seen the part of the speech that begins with "I have a dream." That part is truly amazing, of course, especially with what is happening tomorrow. However, the whole speech is good. There's one quote that I had to write down, I just thought it was so profound.

"In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must ever conduct our struggle on the high plain of dignity and discipline."

I know my struggles are so small compared to others, and that I have been blessed tremendously in my life. However, I have had some struggles recently, and I have to admit that I haven't necessarily avoided "drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred" or conducted my struggle "on the high plain of dignity."

I'm so thankful for MLK and all he did for civil rights in our country, but on this day, I'm also grateful for the reminder his speech gave me to try to be better.



Slate has a cool slideshow of pictures of MLK and some of the marches he did. And for those of you with kids, I really like this book about MLK. I already own it and plan it reading it every year on this day.