3: Strength to Love – MLK “Loving Your Enemies”




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Summary: <br> Episode 3: Strength to Love is about perspective. This episode stands to provide a different light on the finger pointing mentality we sometimes show, and instead, turn the light back on ourselves. We have the ability to chose strength, love, and forgiveness.  This leads to growth, not pain.  We are the master of our fate. We are the captain of our soul.<br> I open with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_in_a_Republic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Man in the Arena</a>, a speech by Theodore Roosevelt that hammered critics who look down upon people who are trying to make the world a better place.<br> One of those people was Martin Luther King Jr. He is someone I very much admire. His approach to dealing with hate and negativity is so simple yet very difficult. It starts with analyzing ourselves and forgiveness. We can show the strength to love by looking within. We can heal by actively and intently listening, taking accountability for ourselves, and learning to forgive. That includes forgiving ourselves. His sermon, <a href="http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_loving_your_enemies.1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Loving Your Enemies</a>, is covered in the middle of the podcast.<br> I close out the episode by providing a way to stand up in the storm and have compassion for those that fail. I provide tenets I try to live by and a social media challenge.<br> The goal of this episode is to shine light on some of the dark thoughts we have and show you that it’s okay to put the heavy bag of resentment down. It’s time to surrender. Love is the Way.<br> <br> Books:<br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strength-Love-Martin-Luther-King/dp/0800697405/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513719430&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=strength+to+love+martin+luther+king+jr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strength to Love</a> – Martin Luther King Jr.<br>