Volume One… Number Six
Content:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Eulogy by Stephanie Jones, RHS 1977
Macky’s New York Photo Essay: Alone With My Book
Eulogy
Today we honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. President Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983 and it become official in 1986. It’s the only secular holiday on our calendar that is devoted to the memory of a single person. It goes to show that one person who is passionate in their beliefs and right in their cause can have a lasting impact on our society.
Dr. King inspired a great many followers who carry on his work to this day. Among them was Congressman John Lewis of Georgia. Sadly, Congressman John Lewis passed away recently. Fortunately for us, one of our RHS Distinguished Alumni, Stephanie Jones, RHS 1977 penned a eulogy in his honor.
Stephanie Jones, RHS Class of 1977:
"John Lewis was one of our rare angels flying low. He showed us how to move gently and fiercely through this world and how to bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice.
Now he's flown away to that land where joy shall never end. Rest in peace, dear sweet good brave man."
John Lewis who began building his legacy as a young when he was knocked unconscious while peacefully protesting. He continued adding to this legacy by serving as a Congressman and Civil Rights leader. The entire time he never lost hope or would allow those around him to do so.
He is gone now and we all must gather our wits about us. Remember the words of Kipling:
If …
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;
If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings – nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings – nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run –
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And – which is more – you’ll be a Man my son!
Macky’s New York
Today’s Macky
October 1, 2020 - Grand Central.
Alone with my book.
Grand Central is not painted. It is made up of thousands of pieces of marble each unique - similar to us in a way but never forget that we as humans all have one thing in common...the ability to transcend the everyday.
Shot on the marble banister on the west side of the overpass looking north.
Time 1145am.
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Peace