On this day, we celebrate and honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He selflessly gave his life fighting for social justice, equality for all mankind and ultimately, what he believed was right. Of all the things that Dr. King did for this world and the eloquent words that he spoke, I most admire his determination to do the seemingly impossible. He had a strong desire to change the way people think, which is what it all comes down to anyway. His dream meant more than blacks and whites sitting beside each other on a bus or providing equal educational opportunities to all races. Dr. King was blessed with the gift of influence, and he used it to alter the status quo thinking amongst so many people. If citizens in that era had not changed their way of thinking, then they would not have started to do things differently.
So on this day, I celebrate and honor the life and legacy of an influential leader, who even after his death, is still evoking change in our lives. While our society has improved since the "King era," we still have a long way to go. We should charge ourselves with the responsibility of not only altering the way other people think, but also the way we think.
May his dream live on.
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