Inauguration Morning

Much to feel very good about.  The country elected Barak Obama.  The transfer of power is orderly.  Partisan politics is muted.  83% in the latest poll support our incoming President.  These are all great reasons for optimism.  Our new President has spoken repeatedly of our ability to meet the challenges the country and the world face.  He is right.  Confidence we can meet todays challenges whatever they are.  Confidence we can make tomorrow better than yesterday.  If we do not have it in our national life we will not have the collective energy we need to solve our problems. If we do not have it in our personal lives we do not have the energy to address the various obstacles each of us faces.  Pebbles become boulders, Bumps become hills.  Hills become mountains.  The Frank Sinatra song High Hopes captures the idea.  All great leaders inspire hope, confidence,  that we can overcome, that we can surmount the problems we face, whether they are pebbles or towering mountains.  With understanding that the task is not easy.  The work is not easy. The time may not be short.  America and the world can again look forward to a reborn commitment that we can make it better.