As with every election I find myself feeling a lot of mixed emotions. Sad that it’s over (yes I am one of those sick twisted people who enjoyed this), excited for the future, worried about the choices we have made, but something that I honestly haven’t felt in a long time when speaking about Politics, hope.
You know I have so many emotions rolling around in my head, and more importantly in my heart, that I don’t know where to start. I don’t know who Barack Obama is going to be. I am not sure if he is going to live up to the expectations that millions of people around the world have of him. Some people might say “Well he is after all just a man.” That doesn’t fly with me. He is a man, sure I know that, however he is a man that has ignited hope in the hearts of millions. He is the author of that hope. He asked us to believe in him. He asked us to give him something more than power, he asked us to give him our hearts. I think his expectations are higher than any other President in history, and I don’t allow him to escape from that responsibility. He had the audacity to plant the seed of hope in the hearts of so many millions of people. If he doesn’t live up to the promise of the man he has promised to be, then god have mercy on his soul.
I am optimistic. I am excited. I am nervous. I am hopeful… at least he has lived up to one promise. He has brought hope to my heart.
The world that my son was born into will differ a great deal from the world my unborn child will be born into. The due date is January 21st, One day into the Obama administration. My child will only know a world where a man/women of color can be anything he/she wants to be. We’ve just made this world a better place. Now it's up to Barack Obama to do his part.
I voted Obama.
5 comments:
Very elegant and well put. Thank you.
I shared this with Jeb.
We just want you to know that we both have much respect for these last words you have posted. Even though we've had a difference in option about this election, we can relate to "hope".
The Anderson's
I too voted for Obama. When Isabel sees Obama on TV she says "that's our President".
I just read an article on MSNBC that camp Obama's next task will be to lower the expectations that people have of him...because things take time. Huh...I guess reality is setting in. They were even commenting that his economic plan won't be able to fix what is already a recession.
That man has one tough job ahead of him!
I have hope as well my friend. I have had it said to me that we shouldn't vote for Obama because he just saying what everyone wants to hear to get elected. I don't think that's a reason to NOT vote for someone. If everyone thought that way, then you'd have politicians saying everything you DON'T want to hear just to get elected. The logic does not work for me. Yes, he did tell me what I wanted to hear, and now I expect him to DO those things. If he doesn't then we have good reason to impeach him. Even so, we must be patient. To make the largest economic train in the world accelerate forward it will take a great deal of energy and time. The other thing to keep in mind is that the economy naturally goes through cycles. Investors not only know this, they wait for times like this.
What makes me both excited and nervous is a democratic house and senate. Change can be good but too much change, even if it is good, is stressful. We may see the US change drastically in the next 4-8 years and those governed may not be able to keep up. It's one thing to upgrade to new operating system, it's quite another to have to install updates everyday.
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