Part of a Nation
by simpliciterJanuary 20th, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Filed under: Politics
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What words can I add to those so eloquently expressed by our brand new President of the United States on his inauguration day? Today, it is a mission I must complete to feel completely human. Although I feel small, a tiny speck of a voice in a vast ocean of people, no doubt many of whom are feeling similar things as myself; right at this moment as they type on their computers or put pen to paper, I too feel compelled to try and make my tiny voice actual. I am a young 31 year old boy, and I have often had trouble paying attention. I do not remember paying much attention to politics for most of my life. Why do I now you might ask? Am I old, not to be trusted by those of a slightly younger media fed and fattened, labeled by a pop culture think tank generation? I pray that that possibility doesn't minimize the importance of this particular time, this moment from which I so voraciously eat up nourishment for my soul, a synethesia-soup my brain is creating as it absorbs this visage of a new hope. This is the first person elected leader of this country towards whom I feel real attachment to. Not the kind of familiar,Grandfatherly, comfortably non threatening calm of Mr. Reagan when I was a small child. Nor the vague friendliness I felt towards Clinton's sax playing sun glasses on Arsenio Hall when I was wandering clueless through the halls of high school. It is, most mercifully, completely unlike the feeling of nauseated rage upon embarrassment that I have been saddled with for most of the last 8 years. I am so happy that I can be truly proud of the face we are now presenting to the rest of the planet. I can't help but pity a person who could listen and watch Barack Obama give his inaugural address and not feel inspired by this man. Yet I always question, could America somehow, despite what we just saw, be something entirely different than what was just presented to us in that inspired and loving oratory? Are we, like some believe, a corrupt to the very core tool of some Illuminati, or nothing but a culture of heathens polluting the air of the righteous who's job it is to destroy us? If the world existed in a state of black and white, good and evil, and we are the evil, then let me sign up as a willing tool of the devil. I am so happy to have someone I actually want to listen to at the head office of our country. A young, new, vital figure who's books I have read, who inspires me for the love of god! What do I see in this man? I was asked not much more than a year ago by a concerned passerby who saw me reading his book. This guy who might even be a Muslim. He (that one) is the scary-smart and motivated winner who will never tell us to go shopping to comfort ourselves in times of confusion and fear, who dares to tell us to try and be more than we are! We are so lucky to have this chance, to have a new, young, face of culture, face of the world in the White House. I am so proud of the people who helped make this possible. This is probably the only time I've ever felt pride in my fellow Americans, one of the few times I've felt proud to be part of something happening to this land, and one of the few times my individuality longs to be part of a nationality. |
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