Challenge and Controversy
Posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2011
by David Tanguay
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
In our comfort zone i.e., when all is going well in our lives these times do not make up our character or define our way of life. For when the going gets tough how we respond to these challenging times is the ultimate measure of a man or woman.
Living from day to day, we become accustomed to our way of life. To welcome in the many obstacles we face from our daily living is how we cope with the real world. To overcome the barriers we face every day is and should be our goal in life.
Met daily with ridicule we are for our actions from those who condemn us for our positions in society. We must adhere to the rules set forth by state and country. Meant to keep us in line with the government are the rules we must abide by.
Freedom has many definitions we as Americans have always defined freedom as doing what we want and living our lives the way we please. However freedom to justify our neighbor whom may be in peril and to stand by him/her during their ordeal to deal with their problems in a realistic way we must be granted this freedom to do so.
The law of the land is suppose to work for all of us whether we are rich or poor, black or white the law should show no favoritism to one sect or order. Our constitutional rights grant us this freedom to work within the law to overcome our problems.
“To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it, requires brains ” Mary Pettibone Poole
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