a heart full of grace

a heart full of grace,

a soul generated by love --

you can serve and be great

"Everybody can be great. Because everybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. And you can be that servant . . . ." ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

At the climax of his "I have a dream" speech, King, the final speaker at the March on Washington in 1963, raises his arm on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and calls for deliverance with the words from an old spiritual hymn: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, we are free at last!"

We are so fortunate that great people like King come along at the right time when they are needed, and their rightness and greatness just keep on growing with the passing of time.

Speaking of carrying on his work, King advised: "Remember, celebrate, act a day on, not a day off!"