I wanted to add my thoughts to those of Aunt Susan. I swear I started this yesterday. We were just mad crazy at work and I didnt get a chance to come back and straighten things up and publish.
Tuesday as I watched everything I felt overwhelmed with gratitude to be able to see this moment and participate. For the record, I count watching from my friend Kelseys couch in my pj's while eating pancakes and knitting as participating! :)
It feels great to see hope. I enjoyed watching the ceremony and I enjoyed watching everyones reactions. Regardless of politics this moment is really important.
In honor of all our recent talk about Beyonce: She sang, "At last" at one of the parties and someone interviewed her. She talked about how it felt to her and said "I can't even describe to you how I felt. I'm just so proud of my country. I just feel so inspired and so proud. I'm just so lucky to be a part of this history. It's probably the most important day of my life, and I'm so grateful. He makes me want to be smarter; he makes me want to be more involved."
I have friends and family on both sides of the political spectrum. Some rather conservative.. some as liberal as they come. The thing that I have appreciated most in this political season is those who have, regardless of political party decided to have hope. It is easy to support the president when he is the one we voted for... and it's easy to be bitter and angry when he is not. I admire those who did not vote for Barack Obama who have decided to be optimistic and pledge support even though he was not their first choice. If we all band together, set our sights high and take some actions to make this world a better place I think there is a better chance it can happen. I feel inspired. I want to be smarter and I want to be more involved.
To sum up.. I say let's all have hope and do something good!!
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Well put Jen, thoughtful and from the heart. Have a good day.
Jen -- I also feel that watching from a couch in pj's while eating pancakes was a form of participating.
My boss, who lives in Missoula and whom I have a virtual relationship with, announced to his employees that regardless of our politics, this was a momentous day in history and gave us all the opportunity to watch if we had access to a TV. So I rushed home and spent the next couple of hours glued to the television.
I feel like both you and Beyonce. Barack Obama makes me want to be a better person, to give back to the community that I am part of, to find something bigger than myself to believe in.
Thank you for posting your reactions. I'm all over ya, girlfriend.
PS Did you finish SFU? Ready to take on Tony Soprano and the mob?
I am sorry that I haven't had a chance to respond - so Susan, please don't assume that we didn't watch and didn't discuss and celebrate our great democracy. I agree it was an incredibly historic day and I thought the President's speech struck a very balanced tone.
I too am hopeful - and wishing the President all the best in trying to solve the huge problems we have. I was not disappointed to see Mr. Bush return to the role of Citizen - and I am very hopeful that partisanship can be pushed aside while our leaders work at collaborative problem solving.
I am always worried about unrealistic expectations and that people will crash harder when things don't turn around quickly.
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