What an honor to be alive on this great day in the history of the World… it has been such a long time coming and what an honor it is to witness this shift in tides… a powerful shift from fear to hope… from uncertainty to possibility… from blame to personal responsibility…. from divisiveness to unity…. from dispair to belief… from massive disenfranchisement to massive engagement… from separateness towards wholeness… from primitive thinking to evolutionary thinking… from a history of pain to a future of promise, growth and collective movement… wow! What an AWESOME day to be alive. We actually have a REAL leader to lead us into the future… how exciting! How refreshing! How inspiring…
I’ve always believed that we are each destined for greatness when we arrive in this world… and it’s up to each of us to nurture that greatness in our selves, nurture that greatness in our children and nurture that greatness in each other…. President Obama has emerged in our lifetime as yet another great man in history that has done exactly that and now stands tall as the president of the United States of America… wow… what a brilliant example of what it means to be a leader, a man of integrity, a man of honor, a man of diligence, a man of intelligence, a man of vision and a man of unwavering hope in possibility for positive change as a united country, as a united people and as a united world…
Mr. Obama, this true leader, has inspired each of us to connect with our greater selves… to connect with our own significance as individuals, to remember our own worth as human beings and to own our own responsibility to make positive changes in our lives… He remind us that WE are the ones who create change and that it happens from the inside out…
What I love about this man and what he represents is… well, a whole a lot!… but one thing that comes through so clearly is the reminder that we each actually matter… every single one of us is important and everything we do counts in this big big world… as tiny as we sometime make ourselves to be, there is no question that our individual influence is bigger than anything we can possibly imagine…
Everything matters for all of us and it matters forever—Andy Andrews
President Obama, this brilliant leader, has sparked in my heart something I have always known to be true but never quite found a way to articulate it… and I wasn’t quite sure how it would come to life during my lifetime and yet here we are today in 2008 and it is absolutely here… bigger and better than I could’ve ever imagined… Wow… what a great moment in time… this vision, this knowing that I’ve had deep within myself and that I know I share with many others, is a strong belief that ONE person ABSOLUTELY CAN make a BIG BIG difference in the world… and that the positive ripple effect of who we are and who we CHOOSE to BE is endless… far reaching into depths that we may not currently be able to see with our eyes, but we can absolutely feel with our hearts… a ripple effect from generation to generation to generation and from country to country to country… an never ending stream of pure positive energy… wow! What an exciting time to be alive.
President Obama reminds us that the human spirit is awake and alive within each of us and no matter how bad things seem to be at any moment in time … there is ALWAYS a better way… there is ALWAYS hope and there is ALWAYS someone who is WILLING TO BE THE CHANGE in the world… and THAT someone inspires ANOTHER someone and another someone until pretty soon the human spirit is once again awakened and alive and is moving through each of us inspiring us to embrace possibility as we continue to achieve a higher level greatness as human beings on this planet.
A true world leader has emerged and it is such an honor to witness this moment in time as the world rejoices and experiences the beauty of life in a way that we’ve never seen before… wow… what an AMAZING moment for all of us… I’m SO proud to know that my kids will be born into a world that honors the beauty of the collective human spirit…what an exciting time to be alive…
We get to celebrate a new president who offers a profound departure from previous presidents… and in addition to the difference in ethnic makeup—which is monumentous in itself from a historical perspective, and one that is refreshing given that our president is a true representation of the fabric of America and the composition of our world—what I admire most about this leader and what I believe makes President Obama TRULY DISTINGUISHED is WHO HE IS as a HUMAN BEING…
What makes President Obama absolutely mesmerizing is WHAT HE STANDS FOR and WHAT HIS MESSAGE to the world is… in my opinion, what makes President Obama so incredibly inspiring is his UNWEAVERING COMMITTMENT to a vision of hope for the GREATER GOOD and a reliance on people to hold that vision and move it forward together… what makes Mr. Obama such an admired man is his impeccable record of accomplishment, his dedication to service, his history of right action and his undeniable competence as a leader and a citizen of the world whose heart and soul have always been in the right place: 100% motivated by the uplifitment of humanity… wow… what a great man and what a great time to be alive.
What makes Barack Obama a TRUE LEADER is his rare ability to lead from the heart and INSPIRE GREATNESS within each of us as he holds firmly his connection with his OWN greatness and leads through the clarity of his example… what makes this man so special is that, rare as it may be, he ACTUALLY LIVES the ideals we learned from Ghandi when this great leader in history called forth that we each take personal responsibility for ourselves and for our world:
“Be the change you want to see in the world…” -Mahatma Ghandi
President Obama IS that change…and through the clarity of his example, he reminds us that great things happen when we lead alongside one another and when we each take responsibility to BE the change we seek in our world…
The Honorable Barack Obama is such an elegant example of what is possible and it’s just an honor to be alive to share this moment with the rest of the world. It’s so inspiring to have such an example of triumph… and example that reminds us of our own ability to change our selves, change our lives and change our world for the better.
When we are open to change and when we are open to possibility and when we manage to hold on to our internal vision despite our external realities, we can ABSOLUTELY begin shifting the tides towards a brighter and more inspiring future for ourselves, for our children and for generations and generations to come…. what an incredible day for all of humanity…
I am absolutely overjoyed and so incredibly grateful to be alive!
Life is awesome and getting better and better everyday…
In peace, love and light,
Laura McMullin
Beautifully put, my friend. Hope and light shine from Barack Obama and the hope and light in each one of us re-members who we are, recognizes the truth in what he is saying. What he reminds people of is who they really are. How profound to, as you address here, finally have a President who LIVES the true meaning of the word LEADER.
I’m so grateful to be alive every minute as well, and times are very, very exciting right now. There are massive shifts and growth going on. Very awesome!!
Alicia
http://imaginefreedomnow.wordpress.com
Awesome Alicia! Thank you for your comments! YES… remembering who we really are at the core of our being is a fun discovery! it’s so nice to be sharing this journey with you and the many others who are on this exciting path…
Life IS so so good!
Laura