How Practicing Our Values Can Inspire Change In Others
What are your core values? Like faith, our values are shaped by how willing we are to surrender to Spirit. This comedian turned Civil Rights activist surrendered, realigned his values, and in doing so, filled the stomachs, minds, and spirits of beloved Civil Rights activists.
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Comedian Dick Gregory used his platform to raise awareness of Civil Rights issues. It was Civil Rights that aligned him with Spirit.
While he wasn’t an outright man of God, he was deeply moved by Martin Luther King's lessons on nonviolence. The more he thought about nonviolence as a way of life, the more he thought about the Ten Commandments, “Thou shalt not kill.”
Taking this commandment to heart, Gregory reflected on the ways white supremacists killed Black people and how this wasn’t too far from how animals were slaughtered.
Gregory became a vegetarian and began trying to change the plate of Black America.
Gregory understood that Black liberation was connected to nutrition and that food was a basic human right. He worked tirelessly to educate others about food activism.
As his advocacy grew, so did his healing work. Coretta Scott King and Muhammad Ali relied on him as their modern-day medicine man.
If anyone had an ache or pain, they’d request one of Gregory’s homemade lotions or tonics. Titus 2:7 reminds us the best way to be a resource to others is to live in such a way that your good work inspires change.
We have the power to be a revolutionary resource to our communities. Let’s live in ways that inspire change in others.
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