"Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met.
On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations." -Barack Obama January 20, 2009...
Over two million people crowded the Mall of Washington D.C. Many standing in line since 5 am, battling the cold and chances are didn't really see anything...but they were there...They witnessed history...they have the braggin right to say...I WAS THERE...People lined the streets, packed every window, stood on roof tops...all cross the nation...all around the world people from all walks of life turned their attention and listened to the face of hope...the face of change...whose shoulders carry our nations biggest problems and tasks to over come...He is our nation's leader...a job that requires you to be surpreme, perfect and flawless...he stood steady, confident and remained grounded and so humble...he is human and he admits he will make mistakes...but he vows to learn and grow and no matter what not give in to the fight....I can't imagine what it would have been like to be in D.C. today...I was moved on so many levels by just watching the events of today thru my television...the 1,000s of flags that waved in the crowds, the chants of O-BAMA..O-BAMA, just a simple shot of a young child dressed in a snowsuite---the future of this nation, seeing the faces filled with smiles and tears, watching those who have differences stand together and look towards a future filled with hope...a new time has come...a new path awaits for us to embrack on...a new course to take...and a new future to reach...Thou it will take much change and things will get worst before they can get better but our hope will lead us and it will be our strength from not just our beings and neighbors but esp all those who have gone before us...who gave so much of themselves of their lives not to have a better world for themsevles and not even for their children's children...but for you and me...That kind of living has faded...and its that kind of living that will bring us back to the values that matter and they way America should and always be.
I look know to see what I can do with my life that is bigger than my life...the change that I can do to be a part of this great nation...the service and the difference that I can do...For in the end all it takes is for each of us to give of ourselves...To want a better tomorrow for ourselves, for our neighbors and for the future which we may never see...Barack Obama...who brought back the visions of some of our great leaders...Washinton, Lincoln, Kennedy and King to name a few...Barack Obama...our face of hope our face of change...Change is already starting in this very moment...a new America is sitting in the horizon for us to reach...our journey as an united nation starts today.
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