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Warriors of Light: Step 1 {part 1}

26 Warriors of Light stepped into MLK weekend training with open hearted dignity.

 

Dr. King taught us, “The time is always right to do the right thing.”…

 “Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” …

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?” …

“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”

“Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake.”…

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”…

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”…

 

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”…

“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”

“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”

“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

Thank you, Carrie, for capturing the grace of our days together.

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