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Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man, that state is obsolete.

— Rod Serling

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Each of us is responsible for creating an environment of warmth and consideration for those we love. I have always tried to define a good day not in terms of one in which all things were made right and comfortable for me but rather, as a day in which I have been able to make another’s day more loving and special for them. We must treat each other with dignity. Not because we merit it but because we grow best in thoughtfulness.

— Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia

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The privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society quite unlike any we have seen – a society in which government may intrude into the secret regions of a life.

— William O. Douglas
From: Osborn v. United States, 385 U.S. 323

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Today is a national holiday in the United States which commemorates the life of civil rights leader (Martin Luther King, Jr.) who sought to bring “equality under law” to all citizens of our country. One of the ways he sought to do this was by bringing dignity and equality to ALL work – not just for the well educated or the well paid – but for all who work their best and make our nation a better society for it. The pursuit of excellence (“doing your best”) in any endeavor uplifts us all. The following are two quotes expressing this idea:

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Yes, in this country we have freedom, we have rights, but our rights end when they infringe on the health and safety of others.

We have rights, but we also have responsibilities. When did we forget the responsibility side of the equation?

Our love of freedom causes us to make wise choices to keep each other safe.

Our freedom engenders concern and compassion. Our freedom gives us strength, not weakness. Our freedom makes us bold. Our freedom gives us dignity. Our freedom causes us to protect the most vulnerable among us. Our freedom generates in us the desire to do the right thing.

Our freedom prompts us to wear a mask.

From the site: Meditations in Motion
Located at: https://meditationsinmotion.wordpress.com/
The specific post is at: https://meditationsinmotion.wordpress.com/2020/08/16/wearing-the-masks-of-freedom-and-love/

[Please visit the original site if you have a spare moment. — kmab]

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Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

― Mahatma Gandhi

No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

― Martin Luther King Jr.

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Click here (31 October) to see the posts of prior years. I started this blog in late 2009. Daily posting began in late January 2011. Not all of the days in the early years (2009-2010) will have posts.