Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  Yesterday was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States. I've always been a huge admirer of his words. He could make anything sound poetic while still getting his point across. His faith, patience and his belief in peaceful demonstration changed the world. I wonder what he would think of race relations in the U.S. today?

  What would he have said about the death of Laquan McDonald...shot in the back 16 times by a police officer in Chicago. Or Trayvon Martin who went out to buy candy and was shot for "suspicious behaviour" by a member of a community watch program. Or would these acts have never happened had Dr. King been given more time to change people's way of thinking?

  We will never know all the great things he could have accomplished. All the lives he could have made better. The struggles made easier by his aid. Dr. King did so much in such a relatively short time that my mind just cannot fathom all the good he could, and should, have done. Another person senselessly taken too soon.

  I'm a day late, I know, but his legacy is too large for one day. With the state of the world right now, we need his message of peace and acceptance even more.

 Listen to his speeches. Get yourself inspired.

  Ang