I have a lead at work and many, many loved ones who would rather spit on him than say anything positive of him. All will have to one day answer for the sullen attitudes towards him. I find my heart and soul resonating with everything he said. I stand in awe of his life - though I have 8 years on him, I could NEVER have held a candle to his accomplishments. Though many may have tossed him to the side as something of naught, they will still be responsible for what he brought forth in the judgment. Ignorance or turning a blind eye, once truth has been delivered into ones' life, does not absolve one of the responsibility of that truth once it has been found. Knowledge is a delight - and a burden. Once you find truth, you cannot run from it - you cannot shirk it. For every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. It truly is hard to watch loved ones kick against the pricks. Agency is a difficult thing - but a necessary thing.
This tribute was put together by a FB pal. I second this:
Happy Birthday to a man with a staggering list of accomplishments for his relatively short lifetime. He was a candidate for the presidency of the United States, proposing a remarkable platform that offered solutions to “the slave problem,” championed the elimination of imprisonment for debt, made recommendations for a national bank, and suggested the annexation of Texas, Mexico, and Canada to the United States. He founded the city of Nauvoo, IL, helping to author its charter and supervise its growth in the early 1840s into one of the largest cities in Illinois. He served as one of Nauvoo’s mayors, judges, and aldermen. He commanded its armed militia, the Nauvoo Legion, that at its peak was a force of about 3,000 men, and, in addition to all this, he oversaw the construction of two major temples. He was the preeminent American linguist, translator, economic theorist, city planner, and anthropologist of his time. He understood theoretical physics a generation prior to the birth of Einstein and Rosen, advocated for racial equality, women's rights, and prison reform. Happy Birthday Joseph Smith Jr.
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