Daily Archives: January 18, 2010

Career Change: Baptist Reverend to Civil Rights Leader

Re: quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

I chose this one because from time to time I ask myself, “why continue to strive towards altruism in a world that just wants to take from you?” Then I think, that is who I am and I am one more that doesn’t want to walk in the darkness of destructive selfishness, so if I appear as a fool, I know that is not true and it takes more strength to reach for creative altruism. I also think about the verse of scripture from Galatians 6:9Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Continue reading

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