Today, Monday 17th January, is Martin Luther King Jr Day in America.
I’m reading Martin Luther King’s book, Strength to Love, at the moment. I’m only up to Chapter 3. This came about because I wanted to read more biographies and autobiographies of inspiring people in 2011. So I sat down and wrote a list of inspiring people, socially and in business, people that I would like to meet and learn from. Obviously I can’t meet Martin Luther King but I can read his word. Or rather, his gospel as it turned out.
I don’t know what rock I’ve been living under but it had entirely escaped me that Martin Luther King was a preacher. I knew him only as a civil rights activist. I myself am not religious, and I was a little put off when in the foreword, written by his wife Coretta Scott King, she advised that the book was compiled by a selection of his pulpit sermons. However, the message he is teaching me is relevant regardless of his religious point of view.
Chapter 1 is about having a strong mind but a soft heart.
Chapter 2 is non-conformity. He teaches that for us to move forward with our lives and civilisation in general, we need to stand apart from the majority and question what is just accepted. He even criticises the church for the pandering to aristocracy.
Chapter 3 is aout being a good neighbour, or good samaritan.
And as it’s Martin Luther King day in America today, I thought it was quite pertinent that I was up to this chapter.
I’m a pretty good friend and have been known to be a reasonably good samaritan when the need has arisen, but I could definitely be doing more. I try to help people solve their problems, personally and in business and particularly the digital realm.
So if you have a digital question, email me, call me, leave a comment and I will try to lend a hand. It’s not exactly changing the world, but its a start.
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Hi! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any trouble with hackers? My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing several weeks of hard work due to no data backup. Do you have any solutions to stop hackers?
Hi there,
No, I haven’t had trouble with hackers on my blog, but of course my email has been compromised before.
Write more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it seems as though you relied on the video to make your point. You definitely know what youre talking about, why waste your intelligence on just posting videos to your weblog when you could be giving us something enlightening to read?
Wonderful blog you have here but I was curious about if you knew of any discussion boards that cover the same topics discussed here? I’d really love to be a part of group where I can get opinions from other knowledgeable people that share the same interest. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the compliment, most of the corymbs I’m involved in are within linked in groups – check out my linked in profile for a lost of the groups I’m a member of.
I tend to read blogs and digital industry websites and the commenting under articles is pretty robust debate.
Look for social fish and digital ministry and com score for some good content.
Sorry cant be of more help.
Shanelle