Honor is still due.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated on Monday, January 17,
2022. Americans have set aside this day to honor the memory of this great civil
rights icon and social prophet. For many the weekend before MLK Day is a time of
celebration, community outreach and continued advocacy for justice. Although we
may not be able to observe the holiday in all the same way we might have preCOVID there are, however,still many ways we can honor Dr. King’s memory in 2022
while still keeping our community members safe.

Today, let us ask ourselves what Dr. King believed to be life’s most urgent and
persistent question: “What are you doing for others?” Dr. King said, “Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to be famous. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”

This is the essence of service, the key ingredient that both inspires and sustains us
to serve. The big thing, for me, is that service not only helps the person designated
as being in need, but it also helps us. What they gain is usually easily defined, based
on what you did to help them, or the need you filled. What we get as the helpers is
harder to define, but I believe it goes back to keeping our hearts and souls filled
with grace and love.

If we do not serve with our heart and soul, it is not the service that Dr. King
envisioned and it will fail to move us in the direction that he marched toward.
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend gives us all another opportunity to
reaffirm and reflect on our appreciation for the uniqueness that each individual
brings to the City of West Park. So, on this holiday of celebrating Dr King ask
yourself how are you contributing to uplifting people and their consciousnessin the
understanding that we are all here to help and to love one another? For by doing
this, we not only honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy, we also honor
ourselves and future generations.

There is no real limit to what we can do to help others. Remember, service is the
price you pay for the space you occupy.

Remember to contact me at City Hall with your ideas, suggestions or concerns. I
represent you and appreciate your input into the continued success of our
beloved city. I can be reached at my city office at (954) 989-2688, Ext. 214; or by
email at: fbrunson@cityofwestpark.org, or by mobile phone at: (954) 329-8990


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