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Daughter of dear friends John & Jane B, Christi Bolanos Rooke\u00a0 posted an inspiring note on Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday.\u00a0 Along with the MLK Jr. quote that I was familiar with was this sentence at the end of Christi’s comments:<\/p>\n

May we choose people over possession, justice over power, and love over fear!<\/p>\n

I am praying that sentence each day, replacing the “we” with “I”.\u00a0 \u00a0I want to be a person who chooses well, who is a Jesus follower in big and small ways.\u00a0 I want to choose beauty and love and have a heart full of thankfulness at the end of the day.<\/p>\n

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