Humility and Humbleness

Excerpt from "I Have a Dream Speech" Dr. Martin L. King Jr. 


...But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.


We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.


The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.


And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" 


We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.


We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. 


We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote.


No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.


I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. 


Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. 


Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. 


You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive....




I thank God for today and for every blessing in my life. I am blessed to have listened to the entire speech today and to be able to think about the goals that were on the agenda.  I am blessed to have been able to listen to someone who was with Dr. King just an hour before he was shot. I am blessed to be able to learn from that experience and to know that so much has been done and that so much still needs to be done. How do I practice humility in this case.  I continue to help others and know that I am not alone. Others are willing and able to help and will continue to help. Life is too short to give up hope. Hope springs eternal.



I thank God that we had the humility and the humbleness to follow a man who led us with non violence. This was a man who was able to speak to the hearts of mankind and touch them. Very much like you.



Through his civil disobedience MLK changed the world. Through humility and humbleness we followed him I want to be more humble. Thank You God for showing me what I must do. What do I have to be prideful about? Being of service and being a servant of God is my greatest treasure.
God Bless You today. Be Blessed and be a blessing to someone. I love you.