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This is going to be a short and to the point blog.  Today we are celebrating and acknowledging the life and “work” of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There is a lot of activity today across our nation and even in other countries that have subscribed to the principles of his “Life’s work”.  what we must realize is that as others did who worked side by side with him, is that we are intricately connected to his work.  It is about bringing to mankind’s consciousness that equity, racial, religious, political justice, is the core element of a functional humanity. 

We cannot live in isolation from one another.  We cannot think we are immune to the critical issues that people in this country and globally are facing every day. We must be truthful that being connected to the conditions of humankind and the other species that we share this planet with is now more critical than it might ever have been. We don’t have the latitude of just passing the responsibility on to others. Each of us are born with an ingredient that is like an invisible umbilical core that connects us spiritually to each other.  It shows up as love, compassion, empathy, and understanding.  Sometimes these ingredients are stifled, buried, or tainted by our life experiences but we can always regain these elements when we are awakened to the relevance they play even in our own existence.  So today I say my friends,” Wake UP”! Let us, each of us look within our souls and recapture the essence of this important ingredient that connects us to the core of our humanity.  We can with this level of consciousness change the whole texture and conditions that are plaguing and dissembling our world. 

I grew up in the times of Dr. King. My father who also an activist, knew Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.  I grew up knowing the sacrifices my father made throughout his career as a minister and how that impacted us as “preacher’s kids”.  I was taught how to protest and to stand up for myself and others from childhood.  I remember all my father’s stories of the dangerous encounters he had from his youth and even after he retired.  You see, once you are known as a “troublemaker”, it stays with you your whole life. I am proud of him being the “non-violent, liberation doctrine-based theologian that he was. 

We must make sure that our children know the history of the people that sacrificed their lives for us.  Yes, for us! If the stories are not infused in the history of this country then we as parents, family members, and educators must take on the responsibility.  We have to go back to the old fashion culturally based ritual of “telling story”. If we don’t start sharing our “Truths”, our children will not be able to move forward and complete their individual “assignment”, that completes our forefathers’ dreams! 

Don’t worry Martin!  We see your dream and have awaken from our slumber!

Oops! I thought this was going to be short and to the point! I guess I am wide awake!!!