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President's Day? |
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Hallo... I connected with some
friends and asked, whether their company gave them a holiday on MLK
Day or President's Day? Most responded, President's Day and said, they
have never received a holiday on MLK Day. Those who work in the public
sector, automatically qualify. Personally, as CEO or decision-maker of
my own company (some day), I would opt for MLK Day any day!
Why? When I think of MLK, I think about... Civil Rights, and am very
grateful that we live in a time where civil rights, civil liberties,
and all those wonderful freedom principles are the norm. Maybe that is
a bit of a stretch, as we humans need more of an open-mind, but at
least the roots have been grounded and ideas such as equality have
been explored.
Yes, we are grateful for the presidents and glad they were born and
guided America, but celebrating President Lincoln's birthday isn't
that appealing to me. I would rather take the day off on MLK Day to
walk down memory lane and retrace the steps to freedom. We have come
far in this expanding yet shrinking world and there is further to go.
January 26th, 2005 top
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