Thought for the Day

"We are everlasting debtors to known and unknown men and women.... When we arise in the morning, we go into the bathroom where we reach for a sponge provided for us by a Pacific Islander. We reach for soap that is created for us by a Frenchman. The towel is provided by a Turk. Then at the table we drink coffee which is provided for us by a South American, or tea by a Chinese, or cocoa by a West African.
Before we leave for our jobs, we are beholden to more than half the world."
-Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

Picture courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division