President Obama’s Inaugural Committee posed the question, “What does this year’s inauguration mean to you?” In an effort to place my emotion into words I pondered and wrote. After submitting my ideas by the midnight deadline, I felt my response was somehow incomplete so I took some time to further express and wanted to share.  I would love to hear from the readers. What does this occasion mean to you? Submit your comments and let’s all share!

My response:

“This year’s inauguration provides me the confirmation that the struggle  for equality among all people is truly attainable. It means that the standards and morals I often profess of to my children are authentic examples of what it means to be an American. The hope  that shrouds this presidency is immense enough to touch every life just enough to unite a nation to believe that our flesh could possibly be anointed enough to be miraculous in changing the future for the better. This Inauguration means that I may one day experience my dream because President Obama’s journey personifies determination and tenacity substantiated by merit. My life’s work does preserve the mission that he performs in everyday. For, we both are the means to a desired end that only the future will truly reap. As Americans, we are all a bit of Obama because we allow the youth to believe in our founding creed, this nation is created for the liberty of all.”

“Hope  is what’s left after might is left powerless and logic perplexed, yet a belief in possibility remains unwavered.” – S. Tate

As I sat at the computer trying to sum up my thoughts and feelings about what this inauguration meant to me, I realized that so many of my dreams hung on the outcome of this election. Not because President Obama would be the first African American president but because of the most important aspect, he was the most qualified candidate for the job. It was not to say that Senator Clinton was undeserving of the position, yet in pursuit and coupled with a contemplation of the time; President Obama’s campaign was the only “pain” reliever.

It was a relief to see a politician who was honestly concerned with the struggle of the American for which “the Dream” was named. The ugly definition that the word politician carried was finally being challenged by someone who only wanted to speak about the issues, someone who never wanted to fight the dirty fight, challenged by someone who in turn turned the challenge back on the very ones who felt powerless, the people. The “it” factor that was coined as so many “Obama-isms” was simply the ability to allow anyman who cared about the future of the nation to take an active role in its journey to that end.

Months later, the victory still hides behind the fog of so many cynics and so much despair.The nay -sayers are still tongue lashing his deeds and the economy has its foot heavily pressed on the nation’s throat. It feels almost as if the climax in this presidential fairy tale has come and gone.But just as one begins to challenge the fantasy of the election… January 20, 2009 lurks in the not so far distance.

The inauguration of President Obama does exemplify change. It is a change in how every American views the power of their beliefs. It is a change in how one reveres hope and what is ascertainable when any group acts in abundance. It is a change in how an anointed purpose can sustain a people when all other resources seem depleted. This Inauguration is the justification for lives that were squandered much too soon and far too carelessly. This inauguration is a swearing in of a new spiritual wellness for a country that was in dire need of an updated booster. This inauguration means life, for it will birth and continue to birth hope that the people of our nation can stand together and, with joint effort, change the fate of our nation for the betterment of all people.

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