Heart Not Head 3

Heart Not Head 3
The height of the civil rights movement, and its pivotal point seemed to be Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Those of us born post that era knew the phrase “I Have A Dream’ before we had an inkling that there was any such thing as the civil rights movement. Indeed “I Have A Dream’ has taken on a life of its own, and come to mean more to people than just the context in which Dr. King enunciated those words, standing on that platform, some fifty years ago.
But that is not the speech he almost gave. As Dr. King mounted up the platform in front of 250,000 civil rights supporters, he carried in his pocket a speech entitled “Normalcy, Never Again.” The words we know today are not the well-rehearsed words read from a page, but they are inspired words straight from the heart of a man possessed with a passion and purpose that was more than life itself. In one fleeting moment, Dr. King had to make a choice of which to go for; his HEAD with the well crafted speech worked upon by several of his associates the night before, or his HEART which longed to sell a dream on Americans and indeed humanity. It was a battle that was oblivious to all around as Dr. King churned out words in his oratory sagacity. But he made the right choice, and history has never been the same since the time. It was a battle won. It was Dr. King’s gift to the world. Dr. King was as just one out of 16 other speakers that mounted the platform that day, but you can understand why it was his speech that has transcended history.
When you come upon such times as you definitely will, when you are to make a choice, let your heart led the way. Maybe not be as overtly as Dr. King before an audience of a quarter of a million souls, but far reaching all the same, because your choices will affect generations down the line. Follow your hearts call; to thyself be true, this is the hallmark of the truly great.
Do greatness this March!

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