Dear Mr. President,
I only caught the final part of your inaugural celebration, at Lincoln Memorial, on tv today. And I was awed.
Thousands of people standing in the cold (was it also raining?) on a Tuesday morning, singing to the-only-official-thanksgiving-song-I-know - ...and this is your land, and this is my land..., to welcome you as their president, their beacon of light. It was a remarkable sight. It was also a reflection of the expectations your people, and many others who were not among the crowd, have of you.
Frankly, I'm not a follower of the US presidential elections and I was never interested in politics. I've not heard or read any of your speeches or tuned-in to any pre-election debates. The one article I've read on you is that you offered to buy ice creams for the photographers/reporters who followed you all the way to Hawaii during your family vacation. And with that simple gesture, I'm swayed to believe that you're a good guy. I may be apathetic on the US political state of affairs, but I'm rooting for you to succeed - because you're that good guy. And like 99% of the movies I've seen and books I've read, the good guy always triumphs.
Today, with your inauguration into office, millions of people in your nation (and other nations) are resting their faith upon your shoulders - not because they have to, but because you promised them hope. You promised change. And now the world looks to you to live up to what you've promised.
Do not disappoint.
Regards,
Sluggishslacker
I only caught the final part of your inaugural celebration, at Lincoln Memorial, on tv today. And I was awed.
Thousands of people standing in the cold (was it also raining?) on a Tuesday morning, singing to the-only-official-thanksgiving-song-I-know - ...and this is your land, and this is my land..., to welcome you as their president, their beacon of light. It was a remarkable sight. It was also a reflection of the expectations your people, and many others who were not among the crowd, have of you.
Frankly, I'm not a follower of the US presidential elections and I was never interested in politics. I've not heard or read any of your speeches or tuned-in to any pre-election debates. The one article I've read on you is that you offered to buy ice creams for the photographers/reporters who followed you all the way to Hawaii during your family vacation. And with that simple gesture, I'm swayed to believe that you're a good guy. I may be apathetic on the US political state of affairs, but I'm rooting for you to succeed - because you're that good guy. And like 99% of the movies I've seen and books I've read, the good guy always triumphs.
Today, with your inauguration into office, millions of people in your nation (and other nations) are resting their faith upon your shoulders - not because they have to, but because you promised them hope. You promised change. And now the world looks to you to live up to what you've promised.
Do not disappoint.
Regards,
Sluggishslacker
3 comments:
hmm...ya...do not disappoint......
it only takes one wrong move...
so before that have to"think carefully"......
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