Friday, January 20, 2012

I caught up with Mike The Mover

Welcome back to Reni's Cafe! Today I caught up with Mike The Mover and asked him to discuss his dream. I was interested in where he saw the company going. Walking away rather quickly, he said he would email be something. Not what I expected, but this is what he sent: " MLK had his dream... This is mine... I see a world where it makes no difference whether you're from the poorest barrio of Los Angeles or the largest penthouse of Manhattan; the rolling cornfields of Iowa or the bustling streets of Chicago. It doesn't matter if you grew up watching polo matches on the manicured lawns of Palm Beach or hauling lobster pots from the chilly waters of Maine. You may be a soldier in Seattle or a trucker in Texas; a coal miner in Kentucky or a scientist in San Diego. These things don't matter in the America of my Dream. I'll tell you what else doesn't matter: Where your parents were born, the color of your skin, what God you worship or don't, what gender you are, or what sexual preference you hold. The size of your bank account and the make of your car hold no sway. The only thing that will matter when this majestic land of ours fulfills my Dream will be a person's character, how hard he works, how honest she is, and what contribution an individual makes to our society. A great president, John F. Kennedy, once said, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." I take that a step further and beseech you to also ask what you can do for your countrymen. And the answer is this: Drop your prejudices. Drop your hatred. Drop your greed. Drop your fear of those who are different. This is a call to action for every American to move forward as one nation, one community, one brotherhood... Think you can do that?"

0 comments:

Post a Comment