We celebrate Martin Luther King today. He paid it forward with the ultimate, his life. King and many other social justice warriors paid it forward for us to stand where we stand, live where we wish, work at jobs for which we are qualified, vote and love, regardless of race.
A simple question comes to me. I ask this simple question of you: what are you doing today and daily, weekly, maybe quarterly --- okay, a couple of times a year to pay it forward for your children , friends, non-friends and the unborn generations? Usually, you will not have to put your body on the line but there is much work to be done and you may be the one who comes up with the innovative method of scaling over the top of an old barricade. To paraphrase, a warrior is a terrible thing to waste. It could be you or me or your great grandchild that keeps the fight for social, economic and environmental justice going and moves Martin's and the elder civil rights/social justice warriors legacies into true realization.
There is much work to be done. Today, celebrate and remember the past. Tomorrow and the rest of the year envision the future and "Pay it Forward" for yourself, others and our future legacy.
A simple question comes to me. I ask this simple question of you: what are you doing today and daily, weekly, maybe quarterly --- okay, a couple of times a year to pay it forward for your children , friends, non-friends and the unborn generations? Usually, you will not have to put your body on the line but there is much work to be done and you may be the one who comes up with the innovative method of scaling over the top of an old barricade. To paraphrase, a warrior is a terrible thing to waste. It could be you or me or your great grandchild that keeps the fight for social, economic and environmental justice going and moves Martin's and the elder civil rights/social justice warriors legacies into true realization.
There is much work to be done. Today, celebrate and remember the past. Tomorrow and the rest of the year envision the future and "Pay it Forward" for yourself, others and our future legacy.
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