January 20, 2009
On the eve of the Inauguration

Sometimes life is like a tree...in order to rise up you must move along a different branch.
My life, like everyone else, has taken me down many paths in the past year, but it's only after today that I can really appreciate what I have and gain a new perspective and outlook on the hand that God has dealt me.
2009 is the year of change and "yes we can"s.
This year will be great...and I hope that you guys have the same optimism no matter what has happened or what may come.

Pardon my language, but it's about time the USA replaced that dumbass of a president.
Tomorrow will mark Barack's first official day in office, and although many people are skeptical to the outcomes of his work, all he can really do is try. He has four years to live up to his promises. However, I believe that he has already taken a profound step in the right direction towards hope and change. Whether he intended to or not, people in countries everywhere have felt the impact of his election. I know one thing is for sure; he instills strong confidence and hope in me that I haven't felt in awhile.
He is no doubt one of my modern day heroes.
It's nice to see people like him succeed, and to see that good things come to those who wait.
President Obama seems like the ideal man; good father, loving and proud husband, nurturing son, hard working, accomplished lawyer, kind and charming...and it doesn't hurt that he's fit and makes shots in ball as a lefty ;) What can I say, I gotta find me one like him haha

Some quotes I liked from his inaugural address: (to watch it incase you missed it, go to the link on the bottom of the note, there are 5 parts). He has some really good writers by the way, and he delivers perfectly.

"...in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit, to choose our better history, to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness."

If you've never heard this passage he refers to, it's from 1 Corinthians 13:11. One of my favourites and one that I actually hoped would be in his speech, how perfect.
" When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me"

"Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again..."

"This is the source of our confidence--the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny"

"With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter"

http://www.chicagotribune.com/video/?clipId=3357774&topVideoCatNo=84319&autoStart=true