alli_boom (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} alli_boom) wrote,@ 2009-01-20 12:51:00 |
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A great day for America...for the world.
Today is a great day...
As I set out this morning toward the gym, a man approaching (a stranger) looked at me, smiled and said good morning. A simple gesture; something I occasionally do to strangers, on the street. It is an attempt to create community on city streets where there is none. On this morning, leaving my apartment, to watch our new president be sworn in, this man made me remember why I voted for Obama.
I didn't vote for Obama because he said that "HE" was a change we could believe in...I voted for him because he inspires change in each of us. We are the change we can believe in, in this new administration. Yesterday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 50 new volunteers showed up at the Give Us Wings offices in St. Paul. Inspired by Obama's call for a Day of Service, we had a 50 people who knew nothing about us show up on a Monday to volunteer their time and learn more. That is change I can believe in.
So whether you are black or white, blue or red, American or Kenyan - today is a great day...and change is on the horizon. I felt uplifted and hopeful as I jogged along through our new presidents speech. My hope is for each of us to remember that it takes each of us to build a community and make a difference...it is not up to this one man. He is the inspiration...but as he has reminded us, it will take some perspiration and hard work from each of us. American innovation can again lead the world through these trying times - I feel hopeful that this man will allow us that opportunity, by putting the red pen away and allowing positive change to occur.
On election night, back in November, I had the pleasure of seeing Bob Dylan play at the Northrup Auditorium. Although I had hoped for the icon to come out and make a political speech of some sort; the guy next to me said that he rarely speaks, and doesn't talk politics. He and the band left and when they returned for the encore, having seen the election results backstage, he made one statement...
He said: "I was born in 1941, the year Pearl Harbor was bombed...and it's been dark ever since...but I think that's all going to change now."
Today, I feel hopeful that there is light...that a light has been turned on in some of us - that we will see to it that the world is a brighter place tomorrow.
We can be the change we wish to see in the world...YES WE CAN!
Today is a great day...
As I set out this morning toward the gym, a man approaching (a stranger) looked at me, smiled and said good morning. A simple gesture; something I occasionally do to strangers, on the street. It is an attempt to create community on city streets where there is none. On this morning, leaving my apartment, to watch our new president be sworn in, this man made me remember why I voted for Obama.
I didn't vote for Obama because he said that "HE" was a change we could believe in...I voted for him because he inspires change in each of us. We are the change we can believe in, in this new administration. Yesterday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 50 new volunteers showed up at the Give Us Wings offices in St. Paul. Inspired by Obama's call for a Day of Service, we had a 50 people who knew nothing about us show up on a Monday to volunteer their time and learn more. That is change I can believe in.
So whether you are black or white, blue or red, American or Kenyan - today is a great day...and change is on the horizon. I felt uplifted and hopeful as I jogged along through our new presidents speech. My hope is for each of us to remember that it takes each of us to build a community and make a difference...it is not up to this one man. He is the inspiration...but as he has reminded us, it will take some perspiration and hard work from each of us. American innovation can again lead the world through these trying times - I feel hopeful that this man will allow us that opportunity, by putting the red pen away and allowing positive change to occur.
On election night, back in November, I had the pleasure of seeing Bob Dylan play at the Northrup Auditorium. Although I had hoped for the icon to come out and make a political speech of some sort; the guy next to me said that he rarely speaks, and doesn't talk politics. He and the band left and when they returned for the encore, having seen the election results backstage, he made one statement...
He said: "I was born in 1941, the year Pearl Harbor was bombed...and it's been dark ever since...but I think that's all going to change now."
Today, I feel hopeful that there is light...that a light has been turned on in some of us - that we will see to it that the world is a brighter place tomorrow.
We can be the change we wish to see in the world...YES WE CAN!
