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HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY!!!
The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. died on April 4, 1968 at the tragically young age of 39. But it is the way he lived that we celebrate, today. He was a man who was not content to accept the world as it was, but instead sought to change it into the kind of world it should be.
He taught us that dreams are not the sole province of children, only to be abandoned in the face of the harsh realities of adulthood. No. Our dreams must be nurtured and encouraged, because it is in those dreams that we find the blueprints for our better natures. The very best versions of who we might be.
Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. And through his sacrifices, and those of many others before and since, that dream still lives on, today. And while there remains work yet to be done, with each day, month, year and decade that passes, we get that much closer to achieving it.
So I'd like to take this moment to wish Martin Luther King Jr. a happy, if belated, birthday. (Today is MLK Day, but his actual date of birth is January 15, 1929.) And to wish each and every one of you a Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. died on April 4, 1968 at the tragically young age of 39. But it is the way he lived that we celebrate, today. He was a man who was not content to accept the world as it was, but instead sought to change it into the kind of world it should be.
He taught us that dreams are not the sole province of children, only to be abandoned in the face of the harsh realities of adulthood. No. Our dreams must be nurtured and encouraged, because it is in those dreams that we find the blueprints for our better natures. The very best versions of who we might be.
Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. And through his sacrifices, and those of many others before and since, that dream still lives on, today. And while there remains work yet to be done, with each day, month, year and decade that passes, we get that much closer to achieving it.
So I'd like to take this moment to wish Martin Luther King Jr. a happy, if belated, birthday. (Today is MLK Day, but his actual date of birth is January 15, 1929.) And to wish each and every one of you a Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!