a long way to go

   A Long Way to Go

"Now I’m not one to lose hope. I keep on hoping. I still have faith in the future. But I’ve had to analyze many things over the last few years and, I would say, over the last few months. I’ve gone through a lot of soul searching and agonizing moments, and I’ve come to see that we have many more difficult days ahead. And some of the old optimism was a little superficial, and now it must be tempered with a solid realism. And I think the realistic fact is that we still have a long, long way to go." 

 -Martin Luther King, Jr.  NBC News Interview with Sander Vanocur 1967 

As you continue to dig in each day and face the realities of a dealing with such challenges there, I simply offer this quote to you as a dose of encouragement from one sojourner to another. I know Dr. King would be cheering for you and the work you all are doing.