July 11, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Thursday, July 11.
On this day in 1960, a book was published. It was by an unknown author, her first book. The publishers predicted that, if they were lucky, it might sell three thousand copies. To date, it has sold 30 million. The young author won the Pulitzer Prize. The book was turned into a movie that won the Academy Award. It has become standard curriculum in many schools. It is my favorite novel - "To Kill a Mockingbird".
It is a story of a ten-year-old girl, Scout, growing up in a small, southern, county seat town during the Great Depression. It is a story of her father, Atticus, a lawyer who rises above the prejudices of the time to stand up for what is true, for what is just, for what is right. I leave you with some of my favorite quotes, thoughts that wouldn't be out of place alongside the Proverbs of Solomon.
- The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
- People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for.
- Before I can live with other folks, I've got to live with myself.
- A man can condemn his enemies but it's better to know them.
- Everybody's got to learn, nobody's born knowing.
- You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb inside his skin and walk around in it.
Harper Lee left us in 2016, but these wise thoughts, and her little book remain.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
