Stand and Deliver

January 20, 2009: an historic day in American history. Never before has a man of color served as our Commander In Chief, our President. Our hopes for a better future are riding on his shoulders.

Or are they?

He is just a man. A human being like the rest of us. A son. A husband. A father. And a politician who was elected to the highest office in our government. He will shape our world.

Or will he?

He will make decisions. Lots of decisions. And those decisions will affect the lives of literally millions of people.

Or will they?

I am not questioning Barack Obama’s ability to lead this nation out of insanity and bring back peace and a decent life for all of us. Not at all. I am questioning us. Why is it Mr. Obama’s job to lead this nation back to sanity? What makes it his responsibility, solely? He didn’t make this mess, why do we expect him to clean it up by himself?

Why indeed?

I propose that the problems belong to all of us. Therefore, we are all responsible to find and institute the solutions. Stop ravaging our natural resources. Stop squandering our citizen’s lives in needless wars. Stop depending on others for the necessities of everyday life. Stop feeding greed and starving our people.

Stop it!

Can Barack Obama bring this country back together again? Can he stop the downward spiral? Can he bring back good old American Pride? A “Can-do” approach to solving our problems? Can he inspire us the way John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King did? Can he bring back hope?

Why should he?

One drop of water is insignificant. Bind that drop of water to another drop of water, and another, and another, and so on, ad infinitum, and you have an ocean. If each of us reach out to one other person, and that person reaches out to someone else, and someone else, and someone else, and so on, we can help our new President do what must be done to reclaim our country and bring our soldiers home. And we don’t have to do much, just:

Stand and Deliver