HOPE is on the way

HOPE is on the way....   and it has just arrived on the faces of so many Americans, both young and old.  I was witness to Obama's inauguration. I too marked history with two million others huddled and shivering, yet completely exuberant, bright-eyed, and hopeful on the Capitol mall on this extraordinary January day.  I believe that the spirit and momentum that comes with this new administration and bright, historic change, will be carried out by the work, the visions, the creativity, and the ambition of the young people represented in Washington DC that week.

Young people not afraid to dream big, and to reach for the impossible, and in those moments find what IS possible.  The young people willing to see the extraordinary in the ordinary every day people and day to day life... the ability to use their ingenuity and entrepreneurial sensibilities to create something out of nothing, as they foster and build respect and tolerance, empathy and  engagement, will and stamina.  These will be the ideals, the traits, the fuel that will propel this new America forward.  Hope is on the way -- Oh yes we can! Oh yes we did! Oh yes we will!