“With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. … knowing that we will be free one day.” Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) “I Have a Dream” speech (1963)
The Edge of Glory – Lady Gaga (5:28)
I Have a Dream (full speech – 17:27)
Religions of the World Meditation (7:16)
How have you contributed to the betterment of the human condition, lately?
ON HUMAN DESPAIR –
“So at the outset,
how best to live and
work together as groups
became the prime question.
In the world about us we
saw personalities destroying
whole peoples. The struggle
for wealth, power, and pres-
tige was tearing human-
ity apart as never be-
fore.” (12 & 12,
p. 130)
PLACING A COOL HAND ON A “STONE OF HOPE” –
“It is this one intent
we see today, uniting
our desires with the need
of every heart, the call of
every mind, the hope that lies
beyond despair, the love attack
would hide, the brotherhood
that hate has sought to sever,
but which still remains as God
created it. With help like this
beside us, can we fail today
as we request the peace
of God be given us?
(A Course in Miracles
Wkbk Lesson 185
p. 3 of 4)
“With this faith we
will be able to hew out
of the mountain of despair
a stone of hope. With this
faith we will be able to trans-
form the jangling discords of
our nation into a beautiful
symphony of brotherhood.
… knowing that we will
be free one day.”
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) “I Have a Dream” speech (1963)
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3 responses to ““With this Faith We will be Able to Hew Out of the Mountain of Despair a Stone of Hope” – Step 7”
I have heard that the saying “Keep hope alive” is mocked in many ways. I do not want to confuse cynicism with sophistication – hopelessness and bitterness with being worldly. I can recognize cynicism in others and maintain hope in my own heart. I do not need to worry about how I appear to others (Pollyanna) – only that I act in concert with the love and hope I receive when I walk always (all ways) with my Higher Power.
Last Sunday, I was in the LA AIDS Walk for the first time. Not only did I not know how long it was but how also how 90% of people there seemed to have been families and high school children that were bussed in from all around town. Every year a new generation of young Angelenos get to take part in this worthy endeavor.
“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps…and practice these principles in all our affairs.” I had not realized the enormity of these words. When I take my spiritual practices out into my world, I avoid gossip (a BIG problem for me), I am at peace (I do not become Our Lady of Perpetual Worry), and I treat everyone with love, acceptance, and Peace.