“Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a descending spiral, ultimately ending in destruction for all and everybody. Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And you do that by love.” – Martin Luther King, Jr., 1957
Today, this week, this year especially, it seems important to heed the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I’m particularly struck by his call to “divine dissatisfaction” in his 1967 speech “Where Do We Go From Here?” May we all meditate on his words today and may they stir us to action. Let us all be dissatisfied.