Muhammad loved to laugh and he loved to play practical jokes on just about everybody. He was sure footed in hisself awareness, secure in his faith and he did not fear death. Yet his timing is once again poignant. His passing and its meaning for our time should not be overlooked. As we face uncertainty in a world of divisions at home as to who we are as a people, muhammads life provides useful guidance. Muhammad was not one to give up on the power of understanding, the boundless possibilities of love and the strength of our diversity. He counted among his friends people of all political persuasions, saw truth in all faiths and the nobility of all races as witnessed here today. Muhammad may have challenged his government but he never ran from it or from america. applause . He loved this country and understood the hard choices that are borne of freedom. I think he saw a nations soul measured by the soul of his people. For his part he saw the good soul in everyone. And if you were one of t
Ruling in a stunning reversal of fortunes. He was free to return to the ring. When he traveled to Central Africa to reclaim his title from George Foreman, none of the Sports Writers thought he could win. In fact, most of them feared for his life. But in what the africans call the miracle at 4 00 a. M. , he became a champion once more. [ applause ] and as the years passed and those slowed by parkinsons, muhammad was compelled by his faith to use his name and his notoriety to support the victims of poverty and strife. He traveled to places like wartorn afghanistan, campaigned as an advocate of reducing the debt of third world debt [ applause ] as his voice grew softer, his message took on greater meeting. He came full circle with the people of his country. When he lifted a torch that seemed to create new light in the 1996 olympics. [ applause ] muhammad always knew instinctively the road he needed to travel. His friends know what i mean when i say he lived in the moment. He neither dwell
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