I must admit, I’ve been dealing with a case of writer’s block lately, and have slacked off on my blogging. I think it’s because I’ve been a bit overwhelmed at work lately. We recently went through a round of layoffs (as everyone has) and while I’m thankful for still having a job, my workload has pretty much doubled.
But I couldn’t let this day go by without saying something about its significance. It truly is a historic day. Not only have we seen the election of the first African American President in our nation’s history, we also saw the brilliance of our political system and how it actually supports true, peaceful revolution.
Sure, it’s great that record numbers of Generation X and Y voters turned out and voted for change, but it was also an example of a revolution by voters using the parameters of the constitutional system, as designed by our Forefathers. We did it without violence, murder and riots. We did it with our election process, which is quite effective when people participate, honesty prevails and the law of the land is upheld. It was a democratic, civilized revolution by people who chose to exercise their right to vote for change.
Now I realize that only time will tell whether or not this day was the beginning of a revolution, or just the same old same old. But I’m going to be hopeful and optimistic, something I will have to re-learn to do after the past 8 years. But maybe this really is the beginning of a new chapter, where the good of the people truly rises above greed and Obama will hopefully lead by example.
Sounds like something worth believing in. I think I’ll give it a try.