TO SCULPT OUR FUTURE ACCORDINGLY, MEANING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL GLOBAL CITIZENS WHO PERHAPS IN THE PAST NEEDED TO SURVIVE NOT ON THEIR OWN TERMS BUT BY THOSE WHO SEEMINGLY HAD THE POWER TO MANDATE THE ROLES THAT NEEDED TO BE PORTRAYED AT THE TIME...
UNFORTUNATELY AT THE EXPENSE OF MANY, WHO MERELY WANTED TO LIVE THEIR LIVES BASED ON THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT BEING IN AMERICA, EITHER BY ENTERING THE COUNTRY FROM THEIR ORIGINAL PLACE OF ORIGIN, OR, BY ACTUALLY BEING BORN ON AMERICAN SOIL WE WERE AND ARE PRIVILEGED TO PURSUE OUR LIFE AMBITIONS NO MATTER HOW GRAND OR HUMBLE THEY MAY BE, COMING FROM GENUINE DESIRE, AND IT'S IMPRUDENT TO JUDGE.
STILL, NOW, WHEN WE HEAR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR SPEAK THE WORDS, "I HAVE A DREAM"...IT SWELLS THE HEART AND BRIEF MELANCHOLIA SETTLES IN AND SOON PASSES...FOR AS AMERICANS, NO MATTER OUR HUE, RELIGION, OR POLITICS, WE CONSIDER OURSELVES KINDRED SOULS, RELATIVES IN FACT.
MANY OF US YET TO MEET, YET HOPING THAT SOMEDAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYE, AND KNOW THAT THE PERSON STANDING BEFORE YOU IS A TRUE FRIEND WITHOUT THE NEED OF A SPOKEN WORD.
(C)COPYRIGHTED BY GWEN MITCHELL ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2016 AT 1:58 PM AT THE WEST HOLLYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069
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