MLK Day

Martin Luther King Junior Day is today. It is also the first day of the semester here at Northern Michigan University. I sit here wondering how I can celebrate such a magnificent man.What can I do to show my appreciation? Should I vote? Yes. Here I am getting my education, something for which Dr. King was a advocate.What is my dream? Where is my peace?

The rest of the news is shows images of the revolt in Romania, violent outburst in Syria and the cruise ship that tipped in Italy. Everything is so jammed together. Talking to survivors, talking to survivors, and then talking to survivors. It is hard for me not think of peace globally when I see things such as this.

It is crazy the pace at which the news anchor is forced to change her facial expression to fit the mood of every news story? Foreign issues  are a sad, concerned  look. Political news is a smile that reads don't shoot the messenger. I wonder if she feels little emotion. I wonder about her dreams, what does she want for the world? As these questions cross my mind, the little racial diversity this university houses is apparent around me. Though if there is anything I've learned in the last two years it is that diversity is not just skin deep. So today I think I'll make a new friend. Celebrate the diversity of our experiences. I would like to today meet someone different form myself so I can celebrate my own dreams for peace.