This quote from Martin Luther King, Jr. is my favorite of the many that have been floating around the interwebs today:
On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, “Is it safe?” Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” And Vanity comes along and asks the question, “Is it popular?” But Conscience asks the question “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right. I believe today that there is a need for all people of good will to come together with a massive act of conscience and say in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “We ain’t goin’ study war no more.” This is the challenge facing modern man. (“Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution,” 31 March 1968)
Today, I am thankful that MLKJ was an 8.
Thankful for his eight-ness as well. That should be in the enneagram: “8s initiate systemic change and get days dedicated to them.”
He may have been an 8 but he was in a league of his own. We need his voice just as much today as we did when he was alive.
No “but” here. We think 8s are the best!
Okay, okay, I’ll indulge you. I’m hoping Jesus was a “4″ but I highly doubt it.