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January 16, 2006

Martin Luther King, Jr.

From The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research & Education Institute

I think that Patia chose the perfect thing to point to today:

Martin Luther King Jr.’s
Six Principles of Nonviolence

Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.
Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.
Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform.
Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.
Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice.

I wish it were easier to believe that last one.

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5 responses to “Martin Luther King, Jr.”

Patia

January 16, 2006 at 4:34 pm

Thank you, Sharon.
I found these when I visited the King Center in Atlanta a few years ago.

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Ken

January 16, 2006 at 5:40 pm

And, that is why we call it faith. Because, all the evidence would lead us to believe there is no way that #6 could be true.
Yet, Justice always lurks in the background. Waiting like a child for milk and hoping, like a mother, that things will be better each day for her dear children.

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Stu Savory

January 18, 2006 at 2:31 am

Vaguely on the topic of MLK:
On Sunday (MLK’s birthday) I had my PC try to translate the “I had a dream” speech into Ebonics 😉
The permalink is http://www.savory.de/blog_jan_06.htm#20060115 , should you want to read it.
Stu (a Honky)

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Ginnie

January 18, 2006 at 3:58 am

The Universe IS on the side of justice, even when we don’t feel it. And yes, that is our Faith.

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Robin

January 18, 2006 at 3:57 pm

Beautiful thoughts – thanks!

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In these times of creative nonfiction and fictionalized memoirs, I think of the poem itself as true fiction: it is most likely not factual, but it must be true.

It is likely to be — it is best if it is — a truth I did not know before I wrote, and may not understand even then.

A poem is my way of discovering (dis-covering) what I feel; sometimes, what I think — but it is not necessarily biographical.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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