Obama!
You’ll perhaps have noticed that I’ve tried to keep this blog non-political in the sense that I don’t comment extensively on the single huge issue that’s been hanging over us for the last several months.
Or, in my case, for eight years.
Last night Obama was elected and today the hugeness of my emotions are almost too large to allow me to write. I keep having to wipe away the tears of sheer relief.
We have all been in hiding during the Bush years. Personally I had reconciled myself to being a lonely voice urging thought, compassion, intelligence, and so on, one who expected to have no recognizable say in anything. An outsider. It turns out a bunch of us felt the same way.
Today I awoke and Dylan’s ‘The Times Are A-Changing’ came to my lips. I’m not much of a singer at the best of times, let alone when I’m weeping with hope. We’ve pulled ourselves back from the brink. Let us be grateful. Very grateful.
Come senators, congressmen throughout the land,
And don’t criticize what you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly aging
So get out of the way if you can’t lend a hand
– For the times they are a-changing.
on November 5th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Leo and I went out and celebrated last night and I was overcome with a feeling of being a part of something historically important, as well as something that is simply right.
Obviously, there is a lot of work to be done, but I’m really excited to see what lies ahead.
on November 5th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Oh, happy day! And, thanks, Bob D! As Barack said—Change has come to the USA. The old road is done.
on November 5th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
All of this celebrating feels long overdue. I’m reminded of the first candidate I ever supported for president (although I wasn’t yet voting age), Adlai Stevenson. At a meeting of high school news editors, he advised us to:
“Keep your hearts warm, your minds open, and your backbone strong and the future is yours and America’s.”
Today is surely a triumph for Stevenson’s values. I’m glad that I lived to see it. MLou
on November 5th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Thank you Allan,
I will carry Dylan’s song with me for the rest of the day..
The times are at last a-changing .
Hope is a beautiful thing.
Jean
on November 5th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
What wonderful comments. What joy! Thank you all.
As always, Allan
on November 8th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
And Wil.iam’s “New Day,” the voice of Obama’s troubador, will surely stand alongside Dylan for years to come.
I should have realized that he’s on You Tube for all to hear even now after the election but I’m slow that way. MLou
on November 8th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Add to Dylan, Wil.iam’s “New Day.”
Obama’s troubador is all over YouTube which I should have realized sooner but I’m slow that way. MLou