“With this faith we
will be able to hew out
of the mountain of despair
a stone of hope. With this
faith we will be able to trans-
form the jangling discords of
our nation into a beautiful
symphony of brotherhood.
… knowing that we will
be free one day.”
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) “I Have a Dream” speech (1963)
The Edge of Glory – Lady Gaga (5:28)
I Have a Dream (full speech – 17:27)
Religions of the World Meditation (7:16)
How have you contributed to the betterment of the human condition, lately?
A Mountain Storm
by Katharine Lee Bates
Our blue sierras shone serene, sublime,
When ghostly shapes came crowding up the air,
Shadowing the landscape with some vast despair;
And all was changed as in weird pantomime,
Transfigured into vague, fantastic form
By that tremendous carnival of storm.
Pilgrim processions of bowed trees that climb
To sacred summits, in the clashing hail
Shuddered like flagellants beneath the flail.
Most gracious hills, in that tempestuous time,
…
Went wild as angered bulls, with bellowing cry
And goring horns that strove to charge the sky.
Masses of rock, long gnawed by stealthy rime,
With sudden roar that made our bravest blanch,
Came volleying down in fatal avalanche.
All nature seemed convulsed in some fierce crime,
And then a rainbow, and behold! the sun
Went comforting the harebells one by one;
And all was still save for the vesper chime
From far, faint belfry bathed in creamy light,
And the soft footfalls of the coming night.
I was just put in charge of standing up a new organization within my company. I’m working very hard to make sure that all our new associates feel happy and engaged. That they feel like they have a voice and that we care about them. I believe in trickle down effects, and while I might not be directly impacting the world holistically, I am helping make the world a better place by giving people a kind environment to work in, so that they can be happier and in turn make the world a happier and better place.