tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733055727818619868.post583737743276083059..comments2024-03-09T09:45:35.122+01:00Comments on Gswede Sunday: "I Have a Dream" speech - Powerful Words, Useful for TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1733055727818619868.post-39509642546539252762009-11-06T18:13:59.570+01:002009-11-06T18:13:59.570+01:00Great reading, George!
Those of us who were kids ...Great reading, George!<br /><br />Those of us who were kids in the waning days of Dr. King's life couldn't fully appreciate the wisdom of his words, the impact they would have, nor the size of the mountain that he climbed. What I now know, though, is that he not only climbed that mountain, but moved it.<br /><br />It wasn't until I moved to Stockholm in 1999 -- having previously had an opportunity to work in community development throughout the '90s in poor neighborhoods of San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento and Los Angeles -- that I (re-?)learned that Dr. King had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, well before much of America could understand the magnitude of his accomplishments.<br /><br />In 2009, many question the legitimacy of this year's Peace Prize winner. I have little doubt, however, that history will honor Barack Obama for that one gift he has given to people of all colors, all faiths and numerous nations: Hope, something which all-too-few leaders these days are capable of inspiring, yet which is absolutely one of the key elements to moving mountains.<br /><br />Thanks for writing, George, you've inspired me!Gary Bakerhttp://www.bakerassociates.senoreply@blogger.com