Wisdom that Stands the Test of Time.
I publicly honor him every year. No other movement in my lifetime has been more impactful and as empowering as Dr. King’s sweeping message. Dreaming of the day when ‘content would trump the cover’, that’s a staggeringly huge message. And not that I saw this all along…(what made/makes the revelation so staggering in my mind) ...is how we all can benefit from getting to know each other’s stories, ahem, straight from the source. For me, memoir reading is it, though reading is not the end all be all. I know for a fact. Three-hundred-page book reading does not come easily for everyone. Under my Christmas tree this year was a book by Dale Carnegie... gifted to me. ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People.’ Like, how’s that for a little subtlety? Thank goodness I chew with my mouth closed! At any rate, opened the book to learn, not only was the self-helpish tome published in ’36, as in 1936, a few pages in I found out I’m supposed to read this book at least twice, and carry it ar...
