As Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s a good time to remember and think about a few of his quotes. His words are eternal for an ever-troubled world.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

“The time is always ripe to do right.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

As you read and watch the news, what are you thinking? Life writing and memoir can include essays and stories of what is going on in the world around us, what we are thinking, what we are passionate about, what we wish to see for our and our children’s futures. You are in the midst of history happening all around, and your thoughts and lived experiences can be resources for your future generations to learn from. What was it like then, what did you do, they may wonder. Your voice can tell them what you lived through.