Wednesday, November 05, 2008
My nation 'tis of thee...
We the people, the United States of America, have elected our first African-American president and made history. We have also in that same moment elected our first mixed race president and acknowledged the future of our demographics and proved that in the much hyped “melting pot” any child really can grow up to be president.
The people have spoken and been heard. The election was not yet again stolen. My own faith in this system I love so much has been restored. For the first time in too many years I am relieved and elated to know that the great American experiment has not failed. I love my country and as a true and unapologetic patriot recognize it to be not a nation defined by or arisen from land and blood ties and lock-step religious uniformity but ideals. Grand beautiful transcendent and enlightened ideals. Our light, the light, the shining beacon for all the world to look toward for hope, guidance and inspiration is relit. Let us now as Americans, generational and newly arrived, foster and nurture that light as it leads us, its caretakers, out of the darkness as we return it and ourselves the place we both belong, reaching out to those in the broader world and within our own midst who pine for liberty and struggle toward freedom. Last night my nation and her future were returned to me and my fellow citizens, and I have never loved her more nor held greater hope for what great things she shall accomplish.
The people have spoken and been heard. The election was not yet again stolen. My own faith in this system I love so much has been restored. For the first time in too many years I am relieved and elated to know that the great American experiment has not failed. I love my country and as a true and unapologetic patriot recognize it to be not a nation defined by or arisen from land and blood ties and lock-step religious uniformity but ideals. Grand beautiful transcendent and enlightened ideals. Our light, the light, the shining beacon for all the world to look toward for hope, guidance and inspiration is relit. Let us now as Americans, generational and newly arrived, foster and nurture that light as it leads us, its caretakers, out of the darkness as we return it and ourselves the place we both belong, reaching out to those in the broader world and within our own midst who pine for liberty and struggle toward freedom. Last night my nation and her future were returned to me and my fellow citizens, and I have never loved her more nor held greater hope for what great things she shall accomplish.
