Happy Holidays (MLK Day)

Happy MLK Jr. Day. In the spirit of the holidays I'd like to remind myself of the overwhelming benefits of Martin Luther King Jr's suprisingly secular philosophy. He did not rely on divine intervention, postpone the hope for improvement to the hereafter, nor discriminate on the basis of religion. His hope for turning our world neighborhood into a brotherhood based on nothing more than shared humanity and compassion is inspiring.

He spoke of service and everyone's capacity to serve not a god directly but rather their fellow humans. In a classic paradigm shift he encouraged those who viewed the parable of the good Samaritan as an admonishment against doing nothing for fear of punishment into a completely humanistic call to action. The question is not "If I do not help this man what will happen to me; it is rather if I do not help this man what will happen to him?"

http://www.thekingcenter.org/