Words my uncle, Martin Luther King Jr., would share in our troubled times

Another year has come and gone. Here in January 2022, as we celebrate the legacy of my uncle, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and also are reminded of the sanctity of life, the theme of human kindness and a regard for human dignity comes to mind.

Meanwhile, with looming threats of violence and racial unrest, fear and strife are knocking at the door. I believe if MLK were here today, he would remind us:

“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” 

MARTIN LUTHER KING’S DREAM IS ALIVE BUT LIBERAL POLICIES ARE DESTROYING BLACK COMMUNITIES

So many people are angry, hurt and confused, especially with the devastation of the COVID pandemic casting a dark shadow. There have been far too many losses.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in the auditorium of Oslo University in Norway on Dec. 10, 1964. (AP Photo)

I believe if MLK were here today, he would encourage us to hold onto hope, fear not, have faith in God, and choose human kindness and love over hate.

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase,” he said. “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”

MLK also once said, “We must learn to live together as brothers [and sisters] or perish together as fools.”

This theme of togetherness suits MLK’s dream, hope and prayers for human dignity and the sanctity of life.

This theme of togetherness suits MLK’s dream, hope and prayers for human dignity and the sanctity of life.

When I was a little girl raised in a family of Baptist preachers, my father Rev. A.D. Williams King, my grandfather Daddy King, and my…