that while we breathe, we hope

President Obama.

It feels good to form those words with my lips. I am somewhat stunned by the events of the past twenty-four hours and I'm not sure when it will sink in. So many of us were fighting for the cause, and now that it has been realized, what is next. The challenge is not over. It has only just begun.

How will it feel to have a spiritual president in office? A president who possesses intellect and compassion, wisdom and love? I believe Obama's presidency will shift the universal spirit of this world from a place of dark oblivion to an enlightened space of natural beauty. He has convinced the majority of the United States that his identity is not carried by the color of his skin, but the power of his words, not by soggy experience, but by renewed hope.

Last night the country rejoiced, the world rejoiced, the people rejoiced.

We will soon be made whole again.


This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:

Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.

- President-Elect Barack Obama