Quote of the day
It feels like being in a storm of wonderfulness. Life partner
I awoke this morning with a feeling of pure joy and exhilaration - like being bathed in light after years of living in the dark.
And, yet, at another level, there is pain. For, even as I rejoice, I remember past injustices and abuses, and realize just how many sacrifices were made to arrive at this moment - this great day. It is almost exhausting to acknowledge the quantities of courage and determination that were needed to make it all happen, and will be necessary to continue in the struggle for peace and social justice.
I intend to hold onto the tsunami of inspiration and hope, though, just as I felt it the very first time I heard Barack Obama speak. It has been a long time a-coming, and I am surely going to need it again and again when the road becomes hard and steep, and darkness tries to rock and roll, and drag me down.
Indeed, there is no turning back. We will never be the same again. And just for now, I am going to allow myself to weep with pure joy and exhilaration.
Congratulations to each and every one of us on this, our Inauguration Day of President Barack Obama.
Yes, Lisa. I agree. I feel so fortunate to be part of this. So fortunate and happy.
Posted by: tamarika | January 24, 2009 at 05:38 AM
i just keep thinking how blessed we are to live through this time, and how doubly blessed the children are, for they will live in a truly different world than us.
Posted by: lisa m | January 23, 2009 at 05:48 PM
Dear Danny,
I am so thrilled with your comment. It is a day that I will never, ever forget. I loved the way Forest Whitaker said (on the Oprah Show yesterday) how the day after November 4 he went outside and looked around and thought to himself, "Did the air change?"
Thanks for sharing the moment with me. I appreciate it so much.
Posted by: tamarika | January 20, 2009 at 02:18 PM
This is the first thing I'm writing from the reality of President Barack Obama, whose presidency is less than an hour old. I remember well how you wrote about him two years ago, back when the idea that he would actually become our 44th President seemed like a completely impossible dream.
What a journey. What a day!
Posted by: Danny | January 20, 2009 at 12:58 PM