Hope, with a new day.

I've been unhappy for eight years. I cannot fathom the fact that we may now have a president who stands and fights for what we believe in. Hearing discussions of plans and ideals for this new administration while incorporating many of the things we all stand for is beyond my comprehension. All this, after eight years of President Bush.

It's not a revelation like the civil rights movement, or women’s voting rights; it is a revelation of a new kind. I am reveled to know we have a president who is what we elected; he is not a president for the people but by and of the people.

We are watching videos from Australia, Greece, Japan, Indonesia, France, Kenya, England, Iran, China, … the world is celebrating a new leader that hope will bring them change as well.
Hope. Hope that will change America; hope that will provide support and change around the world. Kenya names a new national holiday. Iran announces hope for better understanding from the west and east worlds. France and England, that the United States will once again stand up, fight, and lead as it should in this world. We’ve put aside our hard-edged partisanship and banded together to prove once again, how great of a nation we are. Obama: “Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.”

No matter on which side you stand, the energy and excitement of these days is enveloping. We need not be afraid of a separated people if we can all continue our undying support and charisma in the coming times.

America is the land of the free, the home of the brave. “This is your answer,” Obama said, if you believe that anyone can achieve anything in America. We have moved on as a nation, beyond our bickering and strong lines separating us. We will put our hands on the arc of history, and once again bend it towards a better day.

“To those -- to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.”

It is morning in America; it is a new day.




(I hope none of you missed the acceptance speech made by President Elect Obama, if you did, or if you’d like to rewitness it: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/obama.transcript/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail)


It's been a long haul, but here we are.