Today is Martin Luther King Jr. day. A day that we set aside to reflect on one man's dream of a world that chooses love instead of hate, and friendship instead of bigotry.

Even though Dr. King's time in our world was cut short too soon, and humanity has yet to truly achieve his dream in it's totality, there are some lights in the darkness. If you saw my blog last night (err...this early morning ) I ended up waxing pretty poetically about how beautiful the brony community is because we've made choosing love and tolerance our cornerstone. I'd like to think that we are doing our own part in making Dr. King's dream a reality.

Let us reflect on Dr. King's immortal words:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57lotnKGF8

On a different yet not completely unrelated note, today is also Derpy day. Derpy Hooves is more than just an adorable mailmare with a taste for muffins. She is an example of how we should be loved for who we are, not who we are supposed to be. Even if someone is a little different, they are the same as everypony else where it counts, and they deserve the same love everypony else does, as such. Unfortunately that message was lost to Hasbro in a way, but we can always carry her message - our message - in our hearts. So to celebrate I wore my Derpy hoodie all day and had a few muffins!

In short, today is a day to celebrate love. And even if that love is still a dream and not yet a reality, then today is also a day to celebrate hope that that love will one day be a reality, and we should all remember that it is our duty help make the world a better place by choosing love and tolerance whenever we can.