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That was momentous.
Jan. 20th, 2009 12:48 pmIn that there was a Very Important Moment. And I watched it. As did everybody else on the planet, it seems.
It was wonderful. I cried, not because I am so very much in love with the new president, but because I am a *part* of it. That this is actually happening, that the world will NEVER be the same ever again.
It is easy to get swept into the emotion of the day--that is very easy for me. It's keeping the faith and hope and persuing what we want to do that will take the time and the work of everyone.
What amazes me most of all is how my life does weird stuff. Last night I finally caught part of the history of India--the last hour (of what was a six hour work) covered the last century, and did a recap of the overall history (I'm going to watch this whole thing one day). The people of India have already been there, done that for everything we're going through now. They've had a secular government. They've met, face-on, the issues we deal with today. And in their past, they beat them. Now they are on their way to doing it again. Perhaps we can learn from them and their history, and can face the future together, as a people of the world, with everybody else on the planet.
Good luck Mr. Obama. We are looking to you to show us how to navigate this interconnected world, and make our nation better than when you were sworn in today.
It was wonderful. I cried, not because I am so very much in love with the new president, but because I am a *part* of it. That this is actually happening, that the world will NEVER be the same ever again.
It is easy to get swept into the emotion of the day--that is very easy for me. It's keeping the faith and hope and persuing what we want to do that will take the time and the work of everyone.
What amazes me most of all is how my life does weird stuff. Last night I finally caught part of the history of India--the last hour (of what was a six hour work) covered the last century, and did a recap of the overall history (I'm going to watch this whole thing one day). The people of India have already been there, done that for everything we're going through now. They've had a secular government. They've met, face-on, the issues we deal with today. And in their past, they beat them. Now they are on their way to doing it again. Perhaps we can learn from them and their history, and can face the future together, as a people of the world, with everybody else on the planet.
Good luck Mr. Obama. We are looking to you to show us how to navigate this interconnected world, and make our nation better than when you were sworn in today.
