On this Monday, we honor The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, heroic civil rights leader assassinated for the cause. I was a kid in the 60s. Raised in St. Louis where there were a lot of racial conflicts. I remember singing along with the radio, “Anybody here seen my old friend Martin? Can you tell me where he’s gone?” The rest of the song was a tribute to other fallen leaders. Recalling it this morning brought tears to my eyes.
These are tears of compassion. I feel for us all and all we have been through regarding diversity and equality. There is tremendous progress occurring, highlighted by the times of tremendous backlash, like the insurrectionist mob demonstrates. Now many voices are able to identify the source of the conflict as being “white supremacy“. Others refer to it as the fall of the dominant caste.
Do you identify with being marginalized? Can you celebrate this hero of human rights, and racial equality? Ki to Happiness knows where Martin has gone… to right here and now… in the hearts of those who remember.