Pieces of a DREAM

The shot that was heard around the world still resounds in my spirit.
Today many celebrate, Martin Luther King Jr, a man of great stature. Snippets of his, “I HAVE A DREAM” speech will be seen and heard over the course of the day. You can also call me a dreamer. One piece of his speech is a recurrent dream for me: “When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing…”

I share that noble dream; a day when conflict between nations, races, classes, religions, cities and states no longer exist. There will be no more lines drawn in the sand. “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood”, Martin’s words still hold true.

There is also undeniable truth in his statement, “Darkness can’t drive out darkness and hate can’t drive out hate.” The day when we wake up to the realization that, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (MLKing) there will be an all encompassing light and love in the world and we all can join hands and sing, “free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”