I sometimes wonder if I'm too relaxed about things. I grew up thinking that anger is an emotion that should never have a home. I rarely get mad about things. I just don't see a point. "God give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

I think it's naive to truly believe that the world can be changed drastically by one person. I do believe, however, that one person can truly make a difference on a smaller scale. There have been too many people who have done just that for me to believe otherwise. I think about them sometimes.

I guess the person I think about the most is Martin Luther King Jr. He was known as a pacifist. He wanted to change things through peaceful protests. I think his goal was to show that we as Black Americans were more than the animals that some White Americans believed us to be. That being said, I wonder how often he got angry. Did he ever punch a hole in his wall in the sheer frustration of the circumstances in which he was in? Did he quietly step into his bedroom, sit down on his bed, and bury his face in his hands, shuddering with every muffled sob? Did one of the greatest leaders of the Civil Rights movement ever snap at his wife after a long day of marching that ended in getting drenched in water or attacked by dogs?

He may have. Does that make it right? Just because it's human? Maybe.