Can you believe it? How AMAZING is this time we live in!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday morning I woke up early, something I’ve been doing more of since the recent time change. Once I started my day, it was like I could do nothing else until I voted. So at 7:45 a.m. I was standing in line at my polling place.

Never in my lifetime I have been so moved to vote. Never in my lifetime have I been so moved by a politician. A self proclaimed "hater of politics" since I can remember, I felt overcome by emotion on my walk to the polling place and overcome again as I walked out with my "I Voted" sticker. Never have been so proud to where that sticker.

Up until Monday, I had only mentioned this campaign twice on my blog. I’m still part of a school of thought where it’s not really "polite" to talk about politics. Also the idea that politics and religion are two subject matters that you tend to stay away from at dinner parties, and blogs I guess. :)
Understandable, I suppose. Because behind it is the idea to respect the privacy of individual choices on these matters. I completely agree with that notion. But this is no longer about politics, this is about an inspired human being and leader who just happened to become our PRESIDENT!!!!!!!

Never before have I literally jumped up and down for joy when a new president was named. We had friends over to celebrate with us, and boy did we cheer the moment CNN made it’s presidential projection.

Never before have I been so moved by an acceptance speech. The cheers quickly turned to tears ~ as I listened to and watched Obama and the crowds that surrounded him. And I even have to say that I was genuinely moved by John McCain’s concession speech. Which by the way, where was that side of John McCain during this entire election?

I wake up this morning with a renewed sense of hope in everything ~ not only the state of our country but the state of the world, and the kind of person I can be in the world. After I posted Monday’s post and started hearing from all of you in so many different states and countries, it became crystal clear just how connected we all are. We are no longer divided by countries and states. We are now globally connected in a way that we have never been before. It is an AMAZING and EXCITING time to be alive, it truly is. Even though our country is experiencing difficult times, I see the bigger picture to how this has the potential to unfold, and I am still inspired.

Now when I travel overseas, which I have been fortunate to do my entire life, I will no longer have to apologize for the choices made by our present administration. I will no longer have to explain that while I love the country I live in, I do not represent the values put forth by the majority. I will once again be proud to be an American, because I believe that we now have a leader that will restore America to a nation that will once again inspire hope for the world.

THIS is more than politics, and more than having a new president for this country.  Barack Obama is a person who inspires me. He is a symbol for our present time ~ a time where Honesty, Integrity, Fairness, Kindness, Compassion, Graciousness, a Level Playing Field no matter what the color of your skin is, no matter what your economic status, may be returned to this country.