Ojoy Ohappiness Obama

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear,
unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

At la-a-ast, hope has come along...

I'm way too cynical to be so emotional... but this is such a big step in the good direction that I can't help it...
What I want/wish for my planet and its people is for the whole human race to be color blind, so that we can recognize people's worth and potential based on who they truly are, their personal achievements and qualities... not by the color of their skin, religious beliefs, level of education or what their ancestors did or suffered... and yesterday was proof that more than half of the American population wants that too.

Things are changing...Internet/instant communications have made the world so much smaller, younger generations don't see the world the same way most adults do. They understand the notion of being part of a greater whole more than the older generation ever did or will. And it gives me hope...

It gives me hope that maybe, in my lifetime, things will change... the world will stop fighting over old conflicts, people will learn to forgive and forget and we will start working together to heal our planet from what our parents, grand-parents and the folks before them did to it.

This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed — why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.

If 60 years is how long it took to achieve this... where will the next 60 years take us? For the first time in my life, I see the possibility of things getting better. With a smart, driven and charismatic man leading one of the world's most influential country, there's a chance that major conflicts will be solved, green energy will finally be put forward and discrimination will become a faded memory...

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act — not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

The future is now,
I believe in you Mr President...