I HAVE A DREAM

1964…

Sixty-One years ago…

Chaos & uncertainty were everywhere. Vietnam. Civil Rights. The Space Race. The Cuban Missile Crisis. JFK assasination.

In the midst of this storm, departing from his prepared speech, Martin Luther King Jr delivered one of the most famous passage of his life…

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

Sixty-One years later, the names have changed, but the situation feels familiar.

Global pandemic. Lockdown. War in Ukraine and the Middle East. Economy feels uncertain. Life feels chaotic.

What did King do in the chaos? He took action.

Persistent, focused action.

He was arrested 29 times…

Every time he got knocked down, he got back up and kept moving forward.

His dream fueled him.

What dream fuels you?

The dream of seeing your kids graduate college? Having a wonderful retirement? Building passive income through investing? Building a business? Paying off your mortgage? Running a marathon?

Whatever your dream is, what’s holding you back?

Skills? Learn them.

Motivation? You need a community.

Time? What’s the smallest thing you can do TODAY that will move you forward?

Accountability? Tell someone about your dream! And share the plan you have to make it real.

No plan? Start there.

You didn’t come this far to only come this far.