January 17, 2005
Today we remember events from the past in hopes of understanding the present and improving the future.
Everyone in the United States knows today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday to honor the birth of a man who worked for racial equality. He was only one person in a movement which is still in motion today. A movement which has evolved into something much more and less than what Doctor King had envisioned.
The equality movement of today is one for all people. These are not the mass marches and demonstrations of the 1960’s, but more subtle in nature. Now it is a movement gently working in more of a subliminal level to reach every walk of life. Today could be called world peace and equality day to remember not only the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr., but of all the people who gave their lives and those still dying to make that dream a reality. To honor every person, both men and women serving to free those oppressed.
This is not only the birth date of Martin Luther King Jr., but of other notable Americans as well. Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706, a man of many talents and achievements. This nation would not stand as tall in the eyes of the world if it were not of the efforts old Ben. James Earl Jones in 1931, an actor maybe best known as the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies. Muhammad Ali in 1942 (Cassius Clay), one of the world’s best known combatants and showmen in the world of boxing. This is just to name a few.
This date has seen many events such as: the first birth in the White House of the grandson to Thomas Jefferson, James Madison Randolph in 1806; Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate her throne in 1893; Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, disappeared in 1945 while in Soviet custody in Hungary; Operation Desert Storm started in 1991, only to be stopped short with the completion in progress today; President Clinton became the first sitting President to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit in 1998.
Many events and happenings occur daily which affect our day to day lives. Embrace them for what they are, both the good and bad, for they all help to shape tomorrow by forging today. As with the birth of a butterfly, each event has a ripple effect on another. Everything is joined together to form a whole, leave something out and a piece is missing to a beautiful picture called life on earth. Darkness is needed to see light as evil is necessary to know goodness.
Ed Williams
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Everyone in the United States knows today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday to honor the birth of a man who worked for racial equality. He was only one person in a movement which is still in motion today. A movement which has evolved into something much more and less than what Doctor King had envisioned.
The equality movement of today is one for all people. These are not the mass marches and demonstrations of the 1960’s, but more subtle in nature. Now it is a movement gently working in more of a subliminal level to reach every walk of life. Today could be called world peace and equality day to remember not only the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr., but of all the people who gave their lives and those still dying to make that dream a reality. To honor every person, both men and women serving to free those oppressed.
This is not only the birth date of Martin Luther King Jr., but of other notable Americans as well. Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706, a man of many talents and achievements. This nation would not stand as tall in the eyes of the world if it were not of the efforts old Ben. James Earl Jones in 1931, an actor maybe best known as the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies. Muhammad Ali in 1942 (Cassius Clay), one of the world’s best known combatants and showmen in the world of boxing. This is just to name a few.
This date has seen many events such as: the first birth in the White House of the grandson to Thomas Jefferson, James Madison Randolph in 1806; Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate her throne in 1893; Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, disappeared in 1945 while in Soviet custody in Hungary; Operation Desert Storm started in 1991, only to be stopped short with the completion in progress today; President Clinton became the first sitting President to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit in 1998.
Many events and happenings occur daily which affect our day to day lives. Embrace them for what they are, both the good and bad, for they all help to shape tomorrow by forging today. As with the birth of a butterfly, each event has a ripple effect on another. Everything is joined together to form a whole, leave something out and a piece is missing to a beautiful picture called life on earth. Darkness is needed to see light as evil is necessary to know goodness.
A day worth nothing is a day which has not happened.
Ed Williams
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