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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 know emphatically that the world is nowhere near the “Dream” Dr. King had for our humanity! He was a man that ascribed to the principles of –

Peace

Love-unconditionally without judgment

Compass

Justice

Integrity

Ethics

Righteousness

Inclusion

Equity

“My Brother’s Keeper”

Care for the poor and underrepresented.

He did not expect us to be a world engaged in 23 wars.

He did not expect that there would be 582,000 people in the United States that were homeless living on our city streets.

He didn’t expect that there would be over 1 billion homeless people world wide.

He did not expect Affirmative Action to be dismantled and trampled on when it opened the doors for inclusion of all the disenfranchised to have an opportunity to compete and strive for success in their lives.

He didn’t expect Roe vs Wade to be torn apart and destroyed. He would never dream that women would lose the right to make decisions that impacted their body and health.

He didn’t expect that immigrants in droves would have to leave their homelands to risk their lives to find freedom. shelter, and escape death.

He didn’t expect all the “isms”, entrenched in hatred would infuse itself into every aspect of our humanity and tear it apart. 

He didn’t expect our educational systems across this nation would fail our students in developing students that are prepared for the world they have inherited. He did not think that teachers would still be de-valued and not earn a living wage.

He didn’t expect us in this country to still be stuck on providing universal health care for all the citizens in this country.

He never dreamed that we still are fighting for gun reform and that there were 42 mass shootings in the US in 2022. He never dreamed that as a result we would have kids going into schools and killing other kids and educators and consequently many times end up killing themselves.

He never dreamed that in the year 2024 we are still trying to figure out how to accept people’s choice of sexual identity.

He never dreamed that we still have not figured out how to not only cure Cancer but prevent Cancer, but we spin our wheels and finance reaching for the stars and other planets as a priority.

He never dreamed that we would not be fighting Climate control and saving our planet so that we could give our children a sustainable planet to live in.

He never dreamed that families would be in such a dysfunctional state of being that society and its chaos would have more of an influence over our kids and children then parents and the community that is called to be part of a child’s life. 

Dr. King’s dream is still alive in the “Spirit World”, and for many of us in the earthly world, we are trying to keep the context, content and fabric of his dream alive in the work that we are doing.  We need to take hold of his “Dream” and embellish and expand it to turn this world around till it is back on its axis and the “Dream” becomes a reality- a way of life- a given for our behavior and interactions with one another.  We can and we do have the power to put the “Dream” in action. The groundwork was done!  The sacrifices were made! It is up to you and me! It is an “US” thing! One challenge at a time!

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!