One of the greatest lessons I learned from Dr. King came from his speech when he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. He said: We have inherited a big house, a great ‘world house’ in which we have to live together - black and white, Easterners and Westerners…a family unduly separated in ideas, culture, and interests who, because we can never again live without each other, must learn, somehow, in this one big world, to live with each other.” Despite all the progress we’ve made since Dr. King’s death, our world often still thinks in divisions. Democrat versus Republican, rural versus urban, male versus female—the list goes on and on. As we celebrate the King Holiday, I hope we’ll take Dr. King’s life lessons to heart and work together to make our world a better place.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:38:43 +0000