Today (Jan 15) is Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday. Are his lessons lost on us?

As we contemplate the year just past, as we look ahead to the future, beyond COVID, what kind of nation do we want live in?

Do we want to exclude all those that don't look like us, or act like us, or believe as we do, or have more than us, or less than us...? Or, do we want to love our differences, embrace our differences, appreciate what each person adds to this melting pot of a nation, to love that we live in a society which allows each of us our freedoms to be and do as we please -- so long as it doesn't harm others. One nation, under God, indivisible, with LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL (not some, all).

On MLK's birthday, I leave you with a few short quotes of his:

• "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"
• The time is always right to do what is right."
• The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice."
• "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."
• Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon...which cuts without wounding and enables the man who wields it.
• "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
• "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."