So here we are. Things crumbling around us. Life spinning so quickly we can\u2019t really catch up. Fear on the rise.<\/p>\n
It is time to go for a walk, take a nap and stop for a cup of tea. We\u2019ll get nowhere running around full of fear. But King ends his demanding speech with a clarion call, saying,<\/p>\n
\u201cNow let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world. This is the calling of the sons [and daughters] of God, and our brothers [and sisters] wait eagerly for our response. Shall we say the odds are too great? Shall we tell them the struggle is too hard? … The choice is ours, and though we might prefer it otherwise, we must choose in this crucial moment of human history.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.*<\/a><\/p>\n Often I do \u201cprefer it otherwise.\u201d But here I am. I was born for such a moment as this. So were you. The task is clear. It is time to \u201crededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world.\u201d Struggle and beauty. Hard and easy. All of it at the same time.<\/p>\n The time is now. We each get to choose in this \u201ccrucial moment of human history.\u201d<\/p>\n With my knees shaking I say \u201cYES\u201d and take the first step. And then the next one. The odds look good when we all walk together.<\/p>\n *Fifth in a series honoring *Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/em> Beyond Vietnam–A Time to Break Silence<\/a>,<\/i> Delivered April 4, 1967, Riverside Church, New York City. Next in the series is titled “Breaking Silence.” So here we are. Things crumbling around us. Life spinning so quickly we can\u2019t really catch up. Fear on the rise. It is time to go for a walk, take a nap and stop for a cup of tea. We\u2019ll get nowhere running around full of fear. But King ends his demanding speech with a … <\/p>\n
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