Monday Mantra 274

August 13, 2018

"My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one’s purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one’s self." - Coretta Scott Kin

All “freedom songs,” from equal education to gender, race and LGBTQ, to Title 9 and right to vote, demand unrelenting focus to “overcome fear.” How? The issues are wide, deep and thorny. The “struggle,” requires commitment, long hours, physical exertion, mental stress and spiritual challenges. But, “finding one’s purpose,” living our best “story,” outweigh and outlive our small scared selves. How to do it? “Live for something bigger than one’s self!”