Hey hey & Happy Saturday! I was watching Administration-Elect Obama-Biden on their whistle-stop tour this morning and noticed that Malia, the elder of his two daughters is getting hella’ tall. It reminded me of this article I’d seen where she basically tells her daddy that his inauguration speech “better be good.”

Aside from reminding us of just how amazingly precocious these two beautiful kids are, Malia’s comment pretty much sums up the entire planet’s take on Obama’s presidency-to-be: “it better be good.”

Wow. Talk about pressure. As I write this I’m visiting w/ my parents before heading down to DC and I hear my mom in another room give a joyful, high-pitched scream. She does it again and I know without asking, exactly who she is screaming for. The subsequent chant confirms it: “Obama! Obama!” Even sitting before a TV in the confines of her living room, watching our nation’s long-awaited knight-in-shining-armor takes on the feel and excitement of a political rally or better yet, a religious revival.

“Barack Obama, Global Saviour.” For a few still nursing a little post-election bitterness, such words might be uttered in derision. But for many they are mouthed with genuine hope. How wonderful would it be to see those hopes realized?

But there’s a problem. No one citizen is going to “save the world” anytime soon – the problems facing us are too many, too big and too difficult. The inescapable truth is that Barack Obama cannot “save us” any more than any of his predecessors could. One person cannot carry the weight of the world.  But one person can most certainly inspire another to help take the weight.

If we are truly invested then in the dream of a better world, then I say let’s give a great man a hand. Let us not rest on our national laurels in the wake of having “already made history” a few months ago. Rather, let’s believe in the dream enough to put our own heart, soul, mind & muscle into realizing it. Because if each of us does our part to help this new President be the hero we are looking for, then he will surely succeed…and so will we.

So the next time you feel that overwhelming sense of inspiration at the idea of an Obama Nation; that good vibe that gets you going enough to make you shout out loud! Ask yourself one question: “what am I going to do to help make this happen?” Whatever you come up with…

It better be good.

D.N.A

TAGS: Barack Obama, Derrick Ashong, Global Hope, Malia Obama, Obama Nation, Savior

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