Julliane and the "Fierce Urgency of Now"--July 1, 2021

Photo by John Carroll

The little girl in blue is Julliane. 

She lived in some serious poverty just outside of Port-au-Prince. I felt like I had gone back in time when visiting her village. 

This photo was taken near her home 16 years ago right before we brought her to the States for heart surgery. Julliane is doing very well in 2021. (jc)

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"We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity. The "tide in the affairs of men" does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residue of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: "Too late." There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect. "The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on..." We still have a choice today; nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation."

Martin Luther King
April 1968