I am reading, today, lofty words about Martin Luther King, Jr. and how people were spending this week doing special acts of kindness in his memory. I bet he would have liked to be around to see this minority report ...and it still is, so far as his skin color is concerned, a minority report. If I had ever had doubts about where we are in this country, and we have made huge steps of progress, all I have to do is to look at Barack Obama and his conservative enemies waiting out there for the kill. Prejudices invade our beings. I must recognize such in myself, first, and then in others.
Martin Luther King, Jr. stands out to me, more and more, as years go by because of his attitude of forgiveness. He said, "Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude." This is my commitment to Dr. King. I will seek to make it so in my life.
As the Scriptures teach us, "This do in remembrance of me."
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