Martin Luther King Jr.

Heres a quick slap in the mouth for you all. :)

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are yo doing for others?'" - Martin Luther King Jr.

What ARE you doing for others?  Personally?  I'm doing little to nothing, hence the quick slap in the mouth.  Why aren't I doing anything for others?  Sheer laziness.  I'm on foot, my car got totalled so I'm waiting on the settlement.  There is a bus (though I do have a vibrant hatred for the UTA because of the whole destruction of wildlife thing).  Aside from sheer laziness though, I choose not to take the bus to do volunteer hours because I let the obsticles hold me back.  So when Martin Luther King Jr. asks me "What are you doing for others" he may as well slap me in the mouth for being an asshole.

Heres the catch.  You can still do things for others without having to go too far out of your way. 

"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation.  The foundation of such a method is love."  -Martin Luther King Jr.

We've all heard the phrase "love one another" and later gone out and kicked one of the other kids in the shin during recess.  Or something along the lines.  I remember my first day in fourth grade I walked into class and one of the boys said in a bummed out tone "awww, Diana's in this class!  That sucks!"  I just about cried until another boy, Ryan, stepped up and said, "Hey guys leave her alone Diana's cool!" Without those 7 words I very well may have had the worst elementary school experience ever because believe it or not they were nice to me after that.  Hence my next quote.

"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy fo this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the apalling silence of the good people." -Martin Luther King Jr.

So all in all, to those of you who are good people out there...

SPEAK UP.

That is precisely what you could be doing for others.

"If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive."

R.I.P Martin Luther King Jr.

I thank you for your contributions. <3

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