hope
I've begun reading Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
. I should have read it long ago, but he wasn't my candidate in the beginning; from the start my ideals were more closely aligned with Kucinich.
But now he is my candidate and I am proud to say it. Each day I am more inspired by him and my belief in what he can accomplish as president grows. In these days leading up to the election, my hope is that reading this book will invigorate me and just a few pages in, it already has:
. I should have read it long ago, but he wasn't my candidate in the beginning; from the start my ideals were more closely aligned with Kucinich.But now he is my candidate and I am proud to say it. Each day I am more inspired by him and my belief in what he can accomplish as president grows. In these days leading up to the election, my hope is that reading this book will invigorate me and just a few pages in, it already has:
Not only did my encounters with voters confirm the fundamental decency of the American people, they also reminded me that at the core of the American experience are set of ideals that continue to stir our collective conscience; a common set of values that bind us together despite our differences; a running thread of hope that makes our improbable experiment in democracy work. These values and ideals find expression not just in the marble slabs of monuments or in the recitation of history books. They remain alive in the hearts and minds of most Americans--and can inspire us to pride, duty, and sacrifice.Amen.
