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Everyone,
everywhere in the world has dreams.
Do
you know who Martin Luther King, Jr. is? He had a
dream. He wanted people of all races and colors to
live together in peace.
"I
have a dream that one day this nation will rise up
and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We
hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men
are created equal." I have a dream that one day
on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves
and the sons of former slave owners will be able to
sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have
a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi
, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice
and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis
of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four
children will one day live in a nation where they
will not be judged by the color of their skin but
by the content of their character. I have a dream
today. I have a dream that one day the
state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently
dripping with the words of interposition and nullification,
will be transformed into a situation where little
black boys and black girls will be able to join hands
with little white boys and white girls and walk together
as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today."
Everyone
can have a dream. You are never too young or too old
to dream. What is your dream?
Do
you want to be an astronaut, or a firefighter, or
a teacher? Do you want to visit Disney World or travel
to Hong Kong ?
Some
children dream of a world where everyone has enough
food. Others dream that someday they can go
to school.
We
all have different dreams, depending on what is most
important to us.
What is most important
to you? What is your dream?
©
copyright - Youth Advocate Program International 2003-04
Last updated 7/8/2004
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