When We Are All Equal
It’s midnight here on the East coast and Martin Luther King Day has come to an end. Throughout the day I’ve read dozens of articles and seen multiple news packages on Dr. King’s life and legacy, a legacy that focused on equality and human dignity. I wrote a post earlier today questioning whether we have achieved that equality and questioning when and if we will.
I’ve also seen a lot of coverage from Haiti today. A piece in The Boston Globe really caught my attention. They ran a photo essay called “Haiti Six Days Later”.* I got my answers to my questions about achieving equality as I tearfully viewed these images.
This is when superpowers become servants, when the wealthy become paupers, when the weak become strong.
This is when race ceases to matter.
We are all equal when we set aside our differences for the common good.
- Chinese and Brazilian rescue workers.
We are all equal when our actions demonstrate that we all speak the same language.
- Russian search and rescue free an 11 year old child.
We are all equal when the mighty humbly serve the weak.
- U.S. Navy officers provide emergency medical care.
We are all equal when we share our most valuable, treasured resources with those in need.
- US troops distribute water in Port-au-Prince
We are all equal when we experience the world through the innocence and faith of a child.
- Young boy being treated in a make shift clinic.
We are all equal when, at the end of the day, everything is stripped away and we begin to understand humanity.
- Earthquake survivors camp in Port-au-Prince.
We are all equal.
*Please view The Boston Globe article to view all of these amazing photographs.
Good schtuff! wow…love those photos…i also have info on adopting Haitian children if anyone wants to know…
Thanks, Jim! Adoption info would be awesome. Get it to me and I’ll share it here :) Thanks!
Why does it always take the major tragedies to get our attention? Can we not see the needs of others until it cuts into our daily lives somehow? Praise God for “glasses of compassion” that allow those willing to put them on to see through the trees of human despair, to the forest of their need for a Savior. Thanks for sharing Nicole.
Michelle – I agree. I wish we paid as this type of attention all the time.
Wow, powerful, love each sentence preceding the photos. Brings a new perspective to equality.