Journey of Hearts

To commemorate this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a new update to this page, with a few inspirational quotes. It is my way of remembering, acknowledgine and thanking one of my motivators.
"I have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. August 28, 1963, and Nelson Mandela's Inagural speech. The "I have a Dream..." phrase is one that I have used as a reminder to myself, when I get discouraged during the production of this website.
The speech at the point where "I have a Dream" begins.

....I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident" that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four 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.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interpositions and nullification, will be transformed into a situation
where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope.
This is the faith which I return to the South.
With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
With this faith we sill be able to transform the jangling discords of out nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith we will be able to work together to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free on day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning,
 
'My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
 
And if America is to be a great nation this must become true.
So let freedom ring...
Let freedom ring...
From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet,
from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual,
 
"Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."

Among my other motivators and sources of inspiration for Following Your Dreams and creating your own reality are the Song, Imagine by John Lennon, a quote on Imagination by Albert Einstein, and the "Follow Your Dreams" Website.

With a daily "quick bite" of an Inspirational E-card that can be mailed to you daily and other inspirational things on this site helps you "Follow Your Dreams."