"We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now." ~Martin Luther King, Jr., from "I Have a Dream"It has become somewhat of a ritual for me to listen to Dr. King's speech on this day of remembrance the past few years, but this year I introduced his words to my children with more ceremony than usual - and video, thanks to YouTube. Quinn complained halfway through of being bored, that there were too many words, but I felt it was important for him to listen, even if he didn't understand it...now.
Of all the great quotes from this speech, "...the fierce urgency of Now" struck me today as being a particularly powerful, but perhaps too often overlooked sentiment. The timeless notion of reflecting on a past held hostage offers no choice except to stay mired in the past or dream about grandeur and hope for a future change, but one cannot forget that "Now" stands irrevocably in between.
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