Martin Luther King Jr. - An American Prayer
It's sad that this isn't a more exclusive holiday. I don't have it off work (but I know some do). Of all the people's holidays I get off of at work, this is the one I think I should have off. Of all the days we celebrate in America, this man's is the most important because he had a message, a dream. Other political people in America have made change that earned them a holiday, but their lives were nothing of an example for people to live by. Most of it motivated by greed and power. In other words, not motivated by love. MLK was an American prophet of the truth. In my books he's right up there with Jesus (and Gandhi too). But he walked our streets, and influenced the world. I never saw Jesus in his lifetime so this is the closest person I have to that experience with a deep man. An American philosopher, poet, preacher, and prophet. He preached so many things that deep down we all knew to be true. He is still remembered because no one can deny the truths he put before our eyes. It got him killed. Why do the people that seem to know "the truth" get killed before they could ever lead this world to a better place? Too powerful were the things that he was saying. He believed in "The Golden Rule" and he preached it. I don't know what else is true in this world, but deep down I know that the golden rule is right. Anyways, I don't want to be too preachy. The world should celebrate this day though.
"Let's kiss, not fight. Try to do what's right tonight. Make love, not war. What the hell are we living for?"
Andre 3000