May today & every day be day of new beginnings… May we not mire in sadness, but always aspire to be a force for goodness in this world.. And may we never forget the sacrifice of those we’ve lost, of those who serve, those who give their lives for others… in our community, our country, all countries…

As the great American Yogi & Universal Hero Martin Luther King once said:

If I can help somebody as I pass along,

If I can cheer somebody with a word or song,

If I can show somebody [they’re] traveling wrong,

Then my living will not be in vain.

If I can do my duty as a [person] ought,

If I can bring [hope] to a world once wrought,

If I can spread [kindness as we’ve been] taught,

Then my living will not be in vain.

* Excerpted from “The Drum Major Instinct,” the sermon delivered by Dr. King on February 4, 1968 at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

* [Words in brackets clumsily chosen in an attempt to better speak to today’s global online audience… May the light of Dr. King’s vision for a world grounded in love and mutual respect never dim… ]

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