MLK

Today is Martin Luther King JR. day. So, it's fitting that today I would write about him. After all, this blog began as a way for me to add structure to my daily disciplines and my pursuit of continued growth and fullness to my life. And, of course with the intention that it may encourage and inspire those who read it in some way. Taking risks, being uncomfortable, living every day to it's fullest, being a leader, living an extraordinary life!....that's my commitment and my motivation. Who was a better example of that than Martin Luther King Jr.? This is a man who literally gave his life for what he believed was right.....not for his ego or money or fame or power. And, he knew that his life was at risk for speaking out the way he did, he talked about it. He believed so deeply in a world where "my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." That he was willing to die in order to make it happen. Of course today, many people are still judged for many different reasons other than the content of their character. And, how many hearts and minds were shifted because he refused to keep quite? This day inspires me to take it up yet another level. Am I willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to stand for what I believe in? If I'm not, who's life am I living?

"A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."
— Martin Luther King Jr.