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Since 1998 I've been sending out these reflections first thing each
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Quote #1221 - #MLKDayNeeded
19 Jan, 2026
MLK DAY NEEDED
"I often feel like saying, when I hear the question 'People aren't ready,' that it's like telling a person who is trying to swim, 'Don't jump into that water until you learn how to swim.' When actually you will never learn to swim until you jump in the water."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"If you can't fly, then run.
If you can't run, then walk.
If you can't walk, then crawl.
But whatever you do, keep moving."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Oh, how we need MLK Day right now--
need MLK--his vision, his words,
his feistiness--
not the way he's painted by the centrists
(no less the right),
but the way he stood up for what was necessary
to make America live up to its ideals
(yes, he was imperfect
yes, bits of hypocrisy and misogyny,
and yet mostly brilliance and caring and
extraordinary efforts on behalf of all Americans
because we are all deprived of justice and equity
if any of us are).
And he's right.
You know?
We gotta keep moving.
You know?
Otherwise we'll still be here.
And you know we can't stay here!
We gotta keep moving,
keep crawling walking running flying
swimming
learning how to swim
learning how to swim better
learning how to navigate all kinds
of waters,
to crawl on
all kinds of land,
to walk, to run,
to support, to protest,
to create, to love,
to fly ...
Jump in.
We have to be ready.
There is no other way.
We've got to move.
We've gotta keep moving.
It's the only way to get somewhere else,
and we've gotta get somewhere else!
Shellen Lubin
January 19, 2026
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