An old friend of mine told me a story this morning. Back when he was a student, he took a train from SF to the east coast where he would attend a conference at which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be speaking. One of the days, he had the privilege of being one of 10 students randomly chosen sit with Dr. King and have a more intimate “class.” Dr. King asked the students to open with their questions. Mostly intimidated, one student spoke up, and asked, “Dr. King, what is a dream that you have for your life, for your personal joy? Is there something that would make you and your family happy?” Dr. King said he could answer that easily. He told the students that he believes he would be a great teacher at a seminary, and that he and his family would very much love that life. “But why don’t you do that?” asked the questioning student, “You could teach at any seminary of your choice, Princeton, Yale…” Dr. King answered, “Because there is a bullet out there with my name on it.” The class went silent. But the questioning student persisted. “But why? When you could live in peace, teaching? Why live in the throws of racist hatred and threats on your life?” Dr. King answered, “Because it won’t let me be.”
That’s how it is with a passion, with a purpose. It won’t let you be.
This is great Teresa. I probably have not been paying attention to the posts that run in FB–if the timing is off, of course things get buried on the Home page, but I love MLKjr and of course he caught my eye. This is beautiful, as are you! Nice site. Have you been over to mine at all? Visit me @ luwandi.wordpress.com I’ll keep coming back!