I received this e-mail from a friend tonight. I post it to remind us of how
interwoven all of our lives and our actions are. I also post this for the
great words of wisdom it contains from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Right now,
my 24 year old niece is comforting a friend who lost many of his coworkers
who were on one of the planes hijacked from Boston. How different the world
seems today than it did yesterday.
Here's my friend's e-mail to me:
I don't know if you lost any friends today, but I did. Let's not forget
a few words of wisdom:
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot
drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence
multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending
spiral of destruction. The chain reaction of evil-hate begetting hate,
wars producing more wars -- must be broken, or we shall be plunged into
the dark abyss of annihilation.
-Dr. Martin Luther King
