Yesterday on the train back from London the evening papers were declaring it to be ‘blue monday’. Christmas a month gone, New Year’s resolutions dead in the water and credit card bills landing on our mats. The weather too gave us nothing to be cheerful about.
Today however is a day of HOPE, a historic day.
Happy Obama Day!
With anticipation and expectation running high, there is a precious hope that change may come and that a great nation may once again be all that it was supposed to be, at home and on the world stage. My hope is that my people too will rise to do great things in troubled times and sow seeds of hope and change where ever we go and whatever we do.
Human beings though have had a habit all through the ages of falling short, and I am sure that this administration and this people will be no exception. I want to trust that we and they will rise up again when we fall, say we are sorry when we are wrong, and keep striving to understand more than to be understood.
Congratulations to President Obama and the people of the US of A.
As a foreigner who wants good things to happen in any and all parts of the world, I wish Americans will work more in harmony with their president. How successful Obama can be as American president will depend on how well his fellow-Americans can rein in their demands for their expectations to be satisfied.
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Keep the hopes alive.