As a few of us discussed off list today, the saddest part is in todays media and with our ever decreasing personal freedom, what chance is there that greatness or leadership such as Dr. King's, could ever be again. Who could gather the masses that he or a Ghandi did? How would someone of this stature be noticed and excepted? Yes Kate the words of wisdom live on and give some hope, but I also feel hope giving way on other fronts. Kate, I do love this excerpt, thanks for reposting it.
And now let's play, - Now Playing in MY Head: "Anybody here seen my old friend Martin, can you tell me where he's gone?" Peace, Susan --- Kate wrote: > amen...i miss him too but thankfully his words of wisdom live on... > > npimh: when will they ever learn, when will they ever learn? > > > > "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot > > drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence > > multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending > > spiral of destruction....The chain reaction of evil -- hate begetting > > hate, wars producing more wars -- must be broken, or we shall be plunged > > into the dark abyss of annihilation." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com