Photographed in 2018 in a storefront window of a business in downtown Faribault, Minnesota. Minnesota Prairie Roots file photo August 2018.
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. —from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech.
© Photo copyright 2018 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
My favourite quote from Dr King: “Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.”
I love this quote, Marilyn. Thanks for sharing it.
Love that sign. Perfect thought for the day. We all need to be colorblind, don’t we?
Yes, we do.
Our country has come a long way toward that dream- but we still have a long way to go! My prayer today is that God bless our country, it’s leaders and inhabitants with the ability to judge everyone based on the content of their character!
I agree that we’ve made progress but still have a long ways to go. Your prayer is one we should all pray.
Love this! There are some days I think we are progressing forward and other times that we are going in reverse. Why divide when we can do so much more together. Sending blessings and prayers for goodness and kindness today and every day 🙂
Togetherness beats divisiveness any day.
For our 1960’s class we read the book “Death of a King”, the last year of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. It was very interesting.
I must add that to my reading list. Thank you.
Amen! 🙂
Good one, Audrey!
Thank you, Ruth.
In an age of identity politics, we need to refocus on that.
Yes, we do.
“content of their character”
In the entire history of the English language, including every utterance and quill scribble of Will Shakespeare, no has ever summed up so well how a person should be judged and how they should groom themselves to be judged.
It is what every child should reflect on when they ponder, “what should I be?”
You should be someone to be proud of.
Well said, my friend. Or, well written, should I say.
Oh, how I wish this was the way we lived. We all have so much to offer. I wish we could look to our differences as learning tools and enjoy learning about one another’s cultures. We can celebrate our differences and respect them and use them to merge us into all that we can be. Shared humanity!
Well stated, Sheri.