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mintogrubb.livejournal.comOk, I am a good deal older than most people here, I guess, and I have seen a lot of changes in my life. I have seen the Berlin Wall come down, I have seen Nelson Mandela become President of South Africa, I have seen America send a man to the moon, and even send a black man to the White House. All of which, other people told me, would never happen at all - ever, never in my lifetime.
It has happened, though, and I remember that back in the days when all this seemed impossible, that a man named Martin Luther King said “ I have a dream”. That man clearly spelled out a vision he had for America – he saw a day when black children and white children could and would go to school together and live in harmony. And that is what I mean when I talk about ‘having vision’ – it isn’t just seeing things as they are, but seeing how it could be and envisioning better alternatives. ( Read more... )
It has happened, though, and I remember that back in the days when all this seemed impossible, that a man named Martin Luther King said “ I have a dream”. That man clearly spelled out a vision he had for America – he saw a day when black children and white children could and would go to school together and live in harmony. And that is what I mean when I talk about ‘having vision’ – it isn’t just seeing things as they are, but seeing how it could be and envisioning better alternatives. ( Read more... )
