Nov 03 2008
Change
I like to look at the activities of my life in small increments. My goals are built one brick at a time, until a sturdy wall surrounds me. I’ve done this with my education, my workplace goals, my diet, my exercise program, even with something as small as completing a reading list.
Today, however, the United States stands at the eve of change unlike anything we have known before. Tomorrow, November 4, 2008, a new president of the United States will be elected. It will be nothing if not historic. Either the United States will have its first African American president or it will have its first female vice-president. One of those outcomes is a foregone conclusion.
Those of us over 50 have seen a lot of change in the world. We have lived through good wars and bad wars, good political leaders and bad ones. We have enjoyed prosperous economies and struggled through recessionary times. We know something about change.
I’d like to think we are prepared for what is to come.
I don’t believe, at this late hour, there are any “undecided” voters left. I have my preferences. You have your preferences. We are not all going to be on the victor’s side after the votes have been counted. I’d would like to hope that we can all rally together when the decision is made and stand together to face the inevitable change that is coming to this country and the world.
It matters less who proves victorious in the presidential race than that we, as citizens of the United States and citizens of the world, recognize that change is here. We will benefit most from a united front, not from bickering and petty squabbling. The time to debate and argue is over.
Change is here. Let’s embrace it.
