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“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” - Booker T. Washington

We do not start life with the same resources. Nor is everyone presented with the same opportunities along the way. We do not all have access to the same networks. Social capital isn’t easily quantified, but it counts far more than we usually like to think it does.

So how do measure our success? It can’t be accurately measured by comparing ourselves to others. Our success can only be measured by the journey that we ourselves are making.

What kind of obstacles are we overcoming? Are we making the most of the resources and opportunities that are currently available to us? Are we better versions of ourselves today than we were yesterday? How are growing? Are we doing what we can to make the world, or at least our little corner of it, a better place?

These are the true measures of success.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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… if they learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally… - Nelson Mandela

Excerpted from “366 Days of Love: A Devotional “, Day 53

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"In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance” - Phillis Wheatley

Too frequently the world around us expects us to act as if everything is ok when it’s not ok… to suffer in silence… to make ourselves comfortable in dysfunction.

Even when we are not in an immediate position to change, transform, or escape our circumstances, we must never surrender to them. We must never normalize routine indifference, injustice, or inequality.

Deep within our hearts we know that every human being should be treated with dignity and respect. No one should be neglected, abused or exploited. Everyone should have access to food to eat, a safe place to sleep and an opportunity to develop into the best version of themselves.

No matter how long anyone has been deprived of these circumstances, they must never stop panting for deliverance, nor must we ever stop panting with them.

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