"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?" Martin Luther King Jr.
Today is Martin Luther King Day in the States. I was confused when I heard [and read] people wishing eachother a happy long weekend on Friday. I didn't make the connection. But this morning I started to think... is this just another long weekend? Has making a day to observe and remember a man just turned into a perk of having a long weekend in January? I hope not. I hope it's not already turning into something completely devoid of meaning and leaning more closely to just another day of consumerism. God I hope not. We've only been 'celebrating' this day for 25 years, you'd think it would still be somewhat fresh and relevant, the fact that this day is intended to be a day of sevice, a day to volunteer, a day to connect, a day to give back. Maybe the problem is that I don't watch American news. But I hope tonight a segment of all Amercian news broadcasts highlight what communities and people were actually doing today. Because this idea, this movement, this whatever it can be called, it can really be something more than just a day off. It can be a day that kids understand, a connection that kids get from early age, the importance of community and of connection. I hope anyway.
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