I Have a Dream...

I Have a Dream…

Yesterday was Martin Luther King’s birthday, a holiday for me and the kids. Alan also managed to work his schedule where he had the day off too. We got to spend some time together as a family for most of the day, a rarity with our schedule. It was a good day overall. I did however stop and think about the man that we were honoring that day with a holiday, thinking of those words “I have a dream”. It led me to think about what inspires a man or woman to sacrifice so much to lead a force that will change the lives of so many for generations to come. Here was a man with dreams so vast that they inspire people even today to stand up for equality for all.

When we were in Washington D.C. we stopped by the M.L.K. memorial, it was moving, inspiring and had such a peaceful presence as we explored it that evening. Surrounding the statue they had quotations from him carved into granite walls, I photographed these as I walked around knowing I’d forget later what they had inscribed.

 

 

 

 

Dr. King’s dreams were for the world, I wonder then where do my dreams fall? My dreams are quite simple, success and happiness for my children. Good health and sound finances for our future. I also dream of things I’d love to do but it is of such simple things. I think I dream most of having time. It is with time free from work and busy schedules that I can then give back to others. I’d love time to volunteer in our community, or to travel and volunteer to work with orphans in Ethiopia. These dreams are simple they won’t change a town or a nation. Now as I think of the man and his dreams and sacrifices I will forever grateful that he didn't just dream he stood up and fought for them.